What's+This+All+About?

=Overview = As instructional leaders, you need the opportunity to get your bearings and figure out where you are going as you develop a plan for digital transition. Today's session is designed to get the wheels turning and expose you to tools and resources. This is your opportunity to carve out the time necessary to make strides in your district's digital learning initiative.

After this session, participants will be able to:
 * Learning Outcomes **
 * apply their understanding of the //Digital Transition Cycle//, the //North Carolina Learning Technology Initiative// (NCLTI), and tools and resources to both school and district planning for digital learning; and
 * further explore and apply 21st Century leadership and what drives successful digital learning.

===I. WHAT IS THE DIGITAL TRANSITION CYCLE? |  === The //Digital Transition Cycle// is built upon lessons learned from various digital learning or 1:1 computing initiatives across the state of North Carolina, facilitated by the //North Carolina Learning Technology Initiative// (NCLTI). The NCLTI was developed through partnership supports provided by various organizations throughout the state (including: NCDPI, FI, GLF, SAS). The work of the NCLTI represents a layered approach to planning and implementing digital learning initiatives.

Technology is not the focus, but rather the vehicle that enhances and extends this transition. The //Digital Transition Cycle// is a means of guiding educators such as administrators, teachers, instructional technology facilitators, and chief technology officers as they make this transition in their schools and districts. The //Digital Transition Cycle// is designed to facilitate a seamless shift toward digital learning environments. The design frames digital transition as a process that requires ongoing monitoring to inform progress toward goals and strategies. It is organized around four phases: VISION, PLAN, IMPLEMENT, and ASSESS with supporting tools suggested for each phase.


 * ~ **Digital Transition Phase ** ||~ **Tool** ||
 * [[image:vipa_vision2.png width="90" height="90" align="right" link="https://www.epiced.org/vision"]]
 * Essential to begin with a shared vision - consensus building is important.
 * A distributive leadership team based approach is strongly suggested.
 * The visioning process facilitates discussion of target goals and rationale.
 * Identify and include all key stakeholders.
 * Lead with the focus on teaching and learning - this is a C&I initiative.
 * Creating dynamic student-centered environments leveraging technology. || **NC Digital Progress Rubric**

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 * [[image:vipa_plan2.png width="102" height="102" align="right" link="https://www.epiced.org/plan"]]
 * Plan to Plan - - A well-designed process is vital to the success of your initiative.
 * The "devil is in the details" - - explore the **//Master Planning docs//** as a roadmap.
 * Focus on addressing the professional development needs of administrators and teachers.
 * Identify areas of strategic alignment with current or ongoing initiatives. || [| Master Planning Documents] ||
 * [[image:vipa_implement2.png width="98" height="98" align="right" link="https://www.epiced.org/implement"]]
 * As you implement, tracking progress and transparency are essential.
 * The ten areas elevated in the //Master Plan// are further detailed in the //Implementation Template//.
 * Use the **//Implementation Template//** as a "living" repository of planning information. Feel free to customize this tool based on your context. || [|Implementation Template] ||
 * [[image:vipa_assess2.png width="93" height="93" align="right" link="https://www.epiced.org/assess"]]
 * This phase elevates ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement.
 * Explore existing data sources as well as new data.
 * The //LoFTI, STNA// and //STNA-S// can assist in capturing important data to inform your progress of your digital transition. || [|Looking for Technology Integration (LoFTI)]

[|School Technology Needs Assessment (STNA)]

[|School Technology Needs Assessment for Students (STNA-S)] ||

III. 21st CENTURY LEADERSHIP-MAKING THE SHIFT HAPPEN |
**//The primary aim of education is not to enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school//**--Raymond McNulty Today's students have grown up in a digital world with ready access to cell phones, computers, iPads, iPods, 3-D, and the Internet as a driving force in their lives. Before they reach kindergarten, they are most often already multi-taskers, goal planners, hyper-communicators, expert technologists and active learners. How do we, as innovative educational leaders, make the systematic shift necessary to meet our students where they are? media type="custom" key="23461732" What does it take to make digital learning initiatives successful? Use the provided [|Edgecombe Leadership Session #1] to record your responses. (or scroll to bottom)

Keys to Success--21st Century Leaders...

 * have a vision about what integrating technology looks like (TPACK)
 * determine where and when technology will improve learning
 * are comfortable with change
 * share in decision-making
 * provide high quality professional development, integrated with teaching and learning
 * bring students and parents to the conversation and seek input
 * support collaboration with all stakeholders (students, parents, teachers, community)
 * create environments of equity and access to a top-level education
 * understand 21st Century literacy (information, communication, technology)
 * make the focus on student centered, curriculum-rich instruction and best practices (pedagogy) that are inquiry-based and challenge students to think critically

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 * Resources **

[[file:DLT+1-1+Research+Summary.pdf]]




Hage, Jeff. "Education Leader Challenges Teachers to Be Different." //The Princeton-Union Eagle// 26 Jan 2012. Web 10 July 2013. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsan9hjWSPg
 * References | **

Image of NCLTI map courtesy of J. Bell Image of Digital Transition Cylce courtesy of J. Bell "Businessman holding a computer." ClipArt.com. Web 10 July 2013
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