The document discusses communication in a changing world and the need for schools to embrace digital technologies. It argues that schools should focus on developing critical thinking, creativity, problem solving and other skills in students rather than debating technologies. It recommends that schools provide all students with access to devices and digital resources to ensure equity. The superintendent urges schools to view technology adoption as a journey, not an experiment, and to focus on learning outcomes rather than promises of ease of use for teachers.

1. “Own It, Activate It, Engage With It”
Communication in a Culture of Change
Chris Kennedy
Superintendent of Schools
West Vancouver, BC, Canada

2. If You Are Debating These –You Got It Wrong

3. We Get It – The
World Has
Changed

4. Relevant, connected, unlimited
What many want for their children is the benefits of digital

5. Why?

6. SELF-RELIANCE

7. CRITICAL THINKING

8. INQUIRY

9. CREATIVITY

10. PROBLEM-SOLVING

11. INNOVATION

12. TEAMWORK

13. COLLABORATION

14. CROSS-CULTURAL

15. TECHNOLOGICAL
LITERACY

16. CONNECT

17. ACROSS
TOPIC AREAS

19. Model the Advantages

21. What
could be

22. DO OLD THINGS
BETTER

24. DO NEW THINGS
YOU COULDN’T
DO AT ALL

25. “If I’d asked my customers
what they wanted, they would
have told me ‘A faster horse.’”
Henry Ford

26. It is hard to do but put devices in the hands of teachers first

27. Every class is a blended class

28. Equity Matters
If digital access is right for some, it is right for all

29. Access
Direction
If students have cell phones but can’t afford laptops we need
to encourage different decisions

30. We need to give concrete advice on devices to families

31. This is not a
pilot project
Our digital transition is a journey not an experiment

32. Under deliver
Overpromise

33. Teachers
• Will make it easier for
students...
Schools
• Will make it easier for
teachers...
Districts
• Will make it easier for
schools...
Governments
• Will make it easier for
districts...
To be
FLEXIBLE

34. Learning, not technology, is the driver

35. Teaching is not going to be easier it will be different

36. Luke: I can’t believe it
Yoda: That is why you fail