Education Focus (E) - Community

 

Classification: (E – community) Developing the Networked School Community Download: To download this resource click here (Box.net) This presentation was presented by Mal Lee and Assoc Professor Glenn Finger at the Third National Leading a Digital School Conference in 2009. Description: Networked school communities will be the next mode of formal schooling. Schooling has moved from its paper base to a digital mode but the pathfinders are already moving on. The next phase will be networked, collaborative and will draw upon the immense and growing digital and networked capability of the students’ homes. Most importantly that phase is with us now, albeit in an embryonic form, and schools, education authorities and nations can begin developing and reaping the benefits of networked school communities immediately. This session will provide an overview of the nature of networked school communities, the rationale and vision, the educational, social, economic, organisational and political advantages and the possible forms of networked school communities. It will highlight the vital role the home ought to be playing in the teaching and learning process and indeed in the resourcing of networked school communities. It will also touch upon the practicalities of developing networked school communities and creating the home-school nexus, while at the same time ensuring the new mode of schooling contributes to the attainment of the desired educational outcomes and enhancement in national productivity. When one removes the walls of the traditional stand alone school the opportunities and pitfalls abound. The desire is to open your eyes to the changing scene and how you might weave the best of the old with the new in an ever-evolving uncertain world.