Weaving a vision
It’s been so fascinating to sit in our Vision committee meetings and other conversations and start watching a new vision for our campus unfold. We’ve reached the point in the year where we are already putting things in place that we were just dreaming about in the fall, and it’s really exciting. New courses are already in the offerings for students, we’ve got a technology plan for the next year or two along with a logo and a motto, we’re addressing bringing guest speakers into our campus, we’re looking at some global focus, we’re redesigning the library space, and more.
This afternoon I was reading a post on Will Richardson’s blog, Weblogg-ed, about a project he is working on with some schools in New Jersey, redefining a twenty-first century vision for their schools, and he listed the skills they are defining and I thought–that is like what we are doing! And it made me feel very excited to know that we’re coming together with parents, students, and staff to define our 21st century and also technology goals to address how society is changing.
Take a look at his post and I think it’ll be interesting to follow their progress, but I’m hoping we can also do more to document our own progress, maybe here on our blog?
It’d be a great record of the development of our ideas and perhaps provide some model for other schools. So share your thoughts or progress here if you would like.
Joel Adkins Said,
April 4, 2007 @ 9:41 pm
I am so thankful that he is posting updates about that project. You are right, Carolyn. This ties in beautifully with what we are discussing in our Vision committee and in other meetings across the campus. Its not only great to read this type of discussion but to see the message being shared in other blogs across the state and nation.
Today I had the priviledge of speaking to several other area district technology coordinators and was able to talk about our Vision committee and the direction we are heading. This was directly after the presenter showed us the Karl Fisch video “Did you know?” (http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/) and had the group talking about Web 2.0 and the 21st century student.
I talked to a few directors who I think should just come in and hear our vision discussions. Perhaps we could film that last Vision committee meeting and post it online…hint, hint.
coachnorm Said,
April 5, 2007 @ 4:49 pm
It is neat to see our school looking at and studying the future, but to the most exciting part is actually participating the changes that taking place. It is great to see that we are not the only school looking at the changes that our students are faced with.
As we visited the schools in California, it was very apparent to me that we are not the only school facing the same issues. We are fortunate to be in a district that is forward thinking and resourceful enough to actively participate in this process.
I am excited but anxious to see what comes out of the entire process.