Learning and Leading - August 2011

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bringing in local experts to speak, to enhance the learning process for the students. Conversely, you can use your facilities to give back to the community as well. Palisades offers extended and adult learning opportunities in its labs. As the purchase program grows, we hope to expand these learning programs with an infusion of technology and new media topics, which may also help fund the programs.

Developing globally competent students has also been an essential piece of the Palisades mission for some time now. Putting tools directly into the students’ hands will create an inviting atmosphere for broader videocon-ferencing, international classroom collaboration, and social media connections to help our students grow as global citizens.

And don’t forget the employees. Human resources have always been and will continue to be the most valuable asset for any organization. Let’s not underestimate the level of empowerment our teachers and administrators can reach if they have such an environment for teaching and leading. We have all seen what talented educators can do with a working copier or an overhead projector. What if their students had instant access to all the dynamic technology discussed in this article?

The possibilities are endless. With a little investment and a lot of elbow grease, our districts can become the change agents we so desperately need to keep education relevant.

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authors world-class education leaders and innovators share bold new ideas for student learning

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Rich Kiker is the director of
online learning at Palisades
School District in Pennsylva-
nia, a professor of instructional
technology at Wilkes Univer-
sity, and an instructional tech-
nology and design consultant
specializing in professional development for new
media, web applications, one-to-one computing,
online learning, and technology pathways.