The Essential Skills that participants will learn are the following:
• Develop strategies to best harness digital environments /ecosystems to improve student learning
• Understand the role of Digital Citizenship and Digital Literacy in schools and how they impact the curriculum
• Understand how the seamlessness of digital devices and environments have changed the way in which students study, learn, collaborate
• Understand how principals effectively manage change in a digital age
• Enhance leadership strategies for implementing an ongoing and sustainable strategic technology plan
• Determine how digital tools and environments can be utilized to create sustainable and vibrant learning communities
• Use digital tools and environments for effective data-based decision making
• Understand the skills and learning strategies teachers require in order to maximize the ability to leverage digital devices and environments to support authentic learning
• Develop strategies to juggle the demands of digital communication, social media and digital environments in a school setting
Badges will be earned by participants who demonstrate one or more of these skills.
