“We want technology to be almost a thoughtless, seamless process.
When you go to a classroom, you pick up a piece of chalk. Technology should be as automatic as picking up the chalk. The newer teachers are expecting it and our students are expecting it when they come into the classroom.”
-- Irving (Nick) Nicholson, director of eLearning programs, Chicago Public Schools
Project Tomorrow and Blackboard released Leadership in the 21st Century: The New Visionary Administrator during a breakfast meeting at the NSBA T+L 2008 ConferenceT+L (Seattle, WA) Wednesday, October 29, 2008.
This new report, based on the Speak Up 2007 School Leaders Survey, examines school and district administrators’ attitudes about technology and learning. The report highlights several Visionary Administrators who have more in common with students than with fellow administrators in terms of technology use and priorities for technology in instruction.
The Visionary Administrators share a common concern about helping students develop 21st century skills and believe that seamless, ubiquitous technology, when effectively integrated into learning, has the potential to expand the classroom walls, transform the pedagogy, and help students better prepare for life in the 21st century. Key findings include: