The document discusses the challenges and strategies for leading a digital school, emphasizing the importance of equipping students with ICT skills in an era of rapid technological change. It includes scenarios for school leaders on managing technology integration, addressing issues such as ineffective ICT usage, and evaluating new technology platforms. Key ingredients for a successful digital school are outlined, including a shared vision, reliable infrastructure, and professional learning.

1. Leading a Digital
School
CEWA Digital Learninghttp://goo.gl/JeFxbT

2. Purpose
To equip you with the knowledge to lead a digital school

3. What excites you?

5. What’s the biggest challenge for
schools implementing ICTs?

6. What steps will or have you taken
to address those problems?

7. 21st century schooling –
A complex context

8. 1990 2016
How far have we come?
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9. HOBART
DECLARATION
1989
ADELAIDE
DECLARATION
AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
2009
MELBOURNE
DECLARATION
20111999
TECHNOLOGIES
CURRICULUM
2018
An understanding
of the role of science
and technology in
society, together with
scientific and
technological skills
Be confident,
creative and
productive users of
new technologies
Young people need
to be highly skilled in
the use of ICT…there
is a need to increase
there effectiveness
Students need the
knowledge, skills
and confidence to
make ICT work for
them at school, at
home, at work
Society needs
enterprising
students who can
make discerning
decisions about the
development and
use of technologies
1990
MLC first laptop
program in the
world
2010
arrival of
The iPad
1993
pubic Internet in
Australia
2016
Consumerisation
of Virtual Reality
2020
Online learning is
mainstreamed in
education?

10. Gamification
Robotics
Coding
STEM
Learning
Spaces
Learning
analytics
Flipped
learning
Virtual
Reality
3D
printing
Adaptive
learning
Telepresence
Maker
spaces
Wearables
Artificial Intelligence

11. This explosion in learning technologies is a
reflection of broader social change termed
‘technological disruption’.

12. Uber
Airbnb
Tesla
Outsourcing
Facebook
Automation
Globalisation
eBay
Amazon

13. $50 Billion $79 Billion
Source: Deloitte - Australia’s Digital Pulse:
Key challenges for our nation – digital skills, jobs and education (2015)
2013-142011
5 Million:
number of
Australian jobs
predicted to be
replaced by
computers by
2025
Source: Committee for Economic Development of Australia
- Australia's future workforce? (2015)
Australia’s Digital Economy

14. 8 Years AGO
“Rapid and continuing advances in
information and communication
technologies (ICT) are changing the way
people share, use, develop and process
information and technology. In this digital
age, young people need to be highly skilled
in the use of ICT.”
(Melbourne Declaration 2008)

15. A Troubling Context
“PISA results show no appreciable
improvements in student
achievement in reading,
mathematics or science in the
countries that have invested heavily
in ICT for education”
(PISA: 2015, 15)

16. Change
can be
slow and
tricky
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17. Numeracy
Critical &
Creative
Thinking
Ethical
Behaviour
Personal
& social
capability
Investigating
Literacy
Intercultural
understanding
Communicating
Creating
Applying social &
ethical protocols
Managing and
operating ICT
ICT
Capability
English Health/PE HASS Sciences
The ArtsLanguages Maths Technologies
THE ICT CAPABILITYTODAY
Values (RE)
Repairing our relationship
with Aboriginal Australia

18. How is ICT Capability different from Digital
Technologies?
Specific computer science skills
Work-life efficiencies
General productivity
Always integrated Can stand alone as a subject
Solving specific problems with
computational and design thinking

19. 10 Wicked Scenarios
For Leaders of Digital Schools

20. You are on a bus travelling at 50 miles per hour,
that will explode if it slows down.
Sandra Bullock is at the helm and you have highly
trained anti-terrorist skills. There are innocent
people on the bus with you, and you really really
want to get the man who did this.
 What do you do hotshot?
 What do you do?
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21. Your school has recently had a problem with inappropriate social media posts from
student smart phones. The school has a Bring Your Own Device program and
students are allowed to use smart phones for learning purposes. The Board and
P&C are very concerned about this. They are also concerned about a recent ICT
audit that suggested a superficial approach to the use of technology in teaching
and learning. One board member, brought in PISA data which showed that ICTs
negatively impacted on mathematic skills. She wanted to know where the evidence
was that indicated ICTs improved student learning. The Board has raised the idea
of banning BYOD devices and returning to a more traditional classroom set up as
another school has done successfully. Politically, a return to basic skills agenda is
gripping the state after a decline in state-wide performances on NAPLAN tests.
Task: As the principal, respond to the scenario in a format that suits: e.g. from
direct verbal answer to role playing the scenario. In your response, address the
following:
• How would you approach the scenario?
• What measures or actions would you take? What evidence supports your action?
• How would you acknowledge the validity of the potentially opposing viewpoints?
• How would you approach the scenario strategically?
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22. The System has announced it has a new virtual reality learning platform – Bobble.
Bobble, in partnership with Tesla, has transformed learning in Malaysia and
America. One feature of Bobble is that it allows the best teachers in the state to
teleport into any classroom. Another feature uses adaptive learning which allows
smart computers to know what each students needs to learn next. Bobble has also
been shown to reduce staffing in many schools. Regional schools are excited
because they can offer a broader range of subjects. A proposal has been put
forward that all system schools transition to Bobble in 18 months’ time. Bobble
hasn’t been tried in Australia and your School Executive are divided about its value.
Task: As the principal, respond to the scenario in a format that suits: e.g. from
direct verbal answer to role playing the scenario. In your response, address the
following:
 How would you approach the scenario?
 What measures or actions would you take? What evidence supports your
action?
 How would you acknowledge the validity of the potentially opposing
viewpoints?
 How would you approach the scenario strategically?
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23. It’s mid-year, 2016, and you are mulling things over in your office. Your school is in
a leafy suburb and is well resourced. Recent NAPLAN and ATAR scores are on par
with other local independent schools and this is a source of pride for many
teachers. However, since the advent of your One to One program five years ago,
little has changed in the way teachers teach. You’ve discussed this with staff, and
sent a number to high profile conferences, but they feel the academic results speak
for themselves. Your students are generally very compliant but you sense you are
doing them a disservice. This was made clear to you recent when the gifted and
talented Year 9 group hacked into the school reporting system despite this not
being a part of the curriculum.
Task: As the principal, respond to the scenario in a format that suits: e.g. from
direct verbal answer to role playing the scenario. In your response, address the
following:
• How would you approach the scenario?
• What measures or actions would you take? What evidence supports you action?
• How would you acknowledge the validity of the potentially opposing viewpoints?
• How would you approach the scenario strategically
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24. At the end of 2015, you lost your three teachers that drove ICT integration in
the school across maths, English and science. One fell ill, one fell pregnant
and one moved overseas. In 2016 you completed an ICT pedagogy audit and
noticed that the use of ICT was very superficial. YouTube was the most
widely used application in your school. You have provisioned all students and
teachers with a Microsoft Surface Pro PC/Tablet device with a stylus.
Task: As the principal, respond to the scenario in a format that suits: e.g.
from direct verbal answer to role playing the scenario. In your response,
address the following:
• How would you approach the scenario?
• What measures or actions would you take? What evidence supports your
action?
• How would you acknowledge the validity of the potentially opposing
viewpoints?
• How would you approach the scenario strategically?
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25. The Director of ICT has never liked Apple products and has convinced his
team that they not suited to your school. The Director’s wife bought him a
copy of Steve Job’s biography but he has proudly refused to read it and
strangely is going through some tough times at home. Your savvy Deputy
Principal has a friend at Apple who has promised to help make the school an
Apple Distinguished school if classroom practices change. Apple has offered
their technical and pedagogical support to address issues at your school if
you change your devices next year. Roughly speaking, the budget for IT
would remain the same. What would you do?
Task: As the principal, respond to the scenario in a format that suits: e.g.
from direct verbal answer to role playing the scenario. In your response,
address the following:
• How would you approach the scenario?
• What measures or actions would you take? What evidence supports your
action?
• How would you acknowledge the validity of the potentially opposing
viewpoints?
• How would you approach the scenario strategically?
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26. You’ve been lucky enough to land a position as the inaugural principal of
High Tech High, Western Australia, a Catholic campus focused on STEM.
Having impressed the interview panel immensely, they have asked you to
work with the architects to provision the school with the best technical
infrastructure to support your wonder vision:
Task: As the principal, respond to the scenario in a format that suits: e.g.
from direct verbal answer to role playing the scenario. In your response,
address the following:
• How would you approach the scenario?
• What infrastructure will your purchase? What software will you use?
• What measures or actions would you take? What evidence supports your
action?
• How would you acknowledge the validity of the potentially opposing
viewpoints?
• How would you approach the scenario strategically?
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27. After a long struggle with integrating ICT successfully at your school,
you are the recipient of a LEAD award for innovation and are asked to
Keynote EduWhiZ conference in Adelaide, 2017. EduWhiz has had
some poor feedback from the 2016 conference and is low on numbers.
EduWhiZ are keen for you not to repeat the phrase 21st century
learning or talk about STEM.
• How would you approach the scenario strategically?
• What will your keynote focus on?
• Provide some lines from you speech
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28. Your school is about to go one to one and you know a number of your teachers are
frightened because their knowledge and skills of ICT is lacking. Central office is too
busy to provide long term sustained support but you have been approached by a
provider who can provide “PD that transforms your school over 12 months”.
Task: As the principal, respond to the scenario in a format that suits: e.g. from
direct verbal answer to role playing the scenario. In your response, address the
following:
• How would you approach the scenario?
• What measures or actions would you take? What evidence supports you action?
• How would you acknowledge the validity of the potentially opposing viewpoints?
• How would you approach the scenario strategically?
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29. The Director of Curriculum has come back from the International Society for Technology
and Education conference and after seeing a presentation on virtual data analytics has a
vision of himself as Tom Cruise in Minority Report (see YouTube or google it). Apparently,
if you get all your parents on to Bobble, the System that enables the analytics, in the
blink of a palm gesture you will be able to bring up a student’s profile and predict their
ATAR score. You will also be able to see which bus routes correlate with the highest
NAPLAN scores. The Director of Curriculum has few interests outside of work, leads the
musical and organises most the boring stuff that you don’t like doing. He is so excited by
Bobble and its potential you worry that he might join Bobble or a school using it if you
don’t get on board
Task: As the principal, respond to the scenario in a format that suits: e.g. from direct
verbal answer to role playing the scenario. In your response, address the following:
• How would you approach the scenario?
• What measures or actions would you take? What evidence supports you action?
• How would you acknowledge the validity of the potentially opposing viewpoints?
• How would you approach the scenario strategically?
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30. 10 essential ingredients of
a digital school
• Develop 10 essential ingredients for a digital school
• Order those ingredients as priorities
• Who will action the tasks associated with the
ingredients?

31. Key Ingredients
1. Shared Vision
3. Change management
6. Reliable Infrastructure
4. Policies
5. Staff Accountabilities
7. Devices suited to learning
8. Professional Learning
9. Technical support
10. Curriculum and Assessment Change
2. Strategic Plan

32. Strategic Planning
 Access and copy this document:
 Complete and evaluation of your
school using the Apple Rubric

33. Digital Support through Yammer
1.Login and To O365
• Office.portal.com
• Cathednet credentials
2. Join Digital Learning Group
3. Post a resource to help peers

34. CEWA Strategic Planning Strategic Planning for ICT https://goo.gl/k71Abp
CEWA Digital Learning The Going Digital Framework http://intranet.cathednet.wa.edu.au/Initiatives/Goin
gDigital/Pages/default.aspx
Digital Learning
Web Page
Digital Learning http://www.digitallearningcewa.com/
Groenewald and
Cunneen
9 ingredients of an effective digital
school
https://goo.gl/k71Abp
ISTE 14 Essential Conditions http://www.iste.org/standards/essential-conditions
ISTE ISTE ICT Diagnostic tool http://www.iste.org/lead/lead-transform/diagnostic-tool
Apple The 5 Best Practices http://www.apple.com/education/apple-distinguished-
schools/
Microsoft Education Transformation
Framework
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/school-
leaders/create-innovative-schools/default.aspx
Microsoft Ten Critical Components of School
Transformation
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/education/school-
leaders/school-systems-planning/components.aspx
Vic Gov ICT School Planning http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support
/Pages/planning.aspx
Useful Resources