What+Changes+are+Needed?


 * // **Peggy - Saskatchewan Green** //
 * Mary -
 * Brian -
 * Ifeoma - Toronto-ET, Blue

=What Changes are Needed?=
 * To move from a traditional school to "one without boundaries".
 * The report should identify what changes are needed, and a set of institution-wide strategies for implementing these changes. Reasons should be given for the changes and the choice of strategies.

Areas to Consider?
Faculty (Bates, Chpt 5)
 * Project Management - what specific roles will be needed?
 * Quality Control
 * Technology infrastructure (see Bates, 2000, Chpt 4) - not all thoughts below to be included in the final draft
 * Including personnel to support the technology
 * LMS selection - see Sclater (2008) - LMS vs Web 2.0 PLE ("personal learning environment")
 * What training will they need?
 * Bates, pg. 107 - "the primary costs of technolgy-based teaching will be in the support staff needed"
 * Changes in teaching pedagogy?


 * How do we deflne a "traditional" school? I think falling back on that definition will help to identify what needs to be changed.
 * Good point Ifeoma. This information should go in our Context section of the paper perhaps. To me traditional might mean (But you Big City 3 can correct any of this - just my perspectives are here):
 * School & district administration - I would think for many of their functions - email, forms, etc.
 * School computer equipment - this may be important. How current and standard is the equipment throughout the school for both students & staff?
 * Technology use - traditional for me would mean most staff & students have basic computer skiils but there is a range from expert to "hates computers". Some classes integrate technololgy into their teaching - word processing, PowerPoint presentations, some classes do blogging & video production. Definitely some Lone Rangers on staff.
 * All classes are f2f; some students will be taking distance ed classes which these days would be web-based, but we don't offer any ourselves
 * No learning management system (e.g. Vista/Blackboard/Moodle)
 * There will be some use of wireless laptops. Some shared projectors. A few classrooms might have interactive white boards; some will have them but are rarely used. There goes one of the internal factors "Acceptance of technology"