Digital Transformation

Through a digitalization of the learning experience, both teachers and students are able to improve their skills to create a more engaging and effective education process. Here are the ways that a comprehensive digital transformation approach is dramatically shifting education in today's classrooms. Support for this toolkit generously provided by SHI.

A Culture for Transformation

Through a digitalization of the learning experience, both teachers and students can create a more engaging and effective education process

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Digital Transformation in K-12 Education

Digital tools are transforming the world we live in today, as well as the one our students will lead tomorrow

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The Keys to Digital Transformation

Digital transformation efforts are under way to provide authentic learning experiences that are relevant, valuable, and help build tangible skills

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Embracing Transformation

Today’s schools must embrace the technological future and engage with technology to change and adapt

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Digital Transformation and Disruption

Digital natives demand mobile devices in the classroom, virtual learning environments, teaching via video, and online assessment

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Managing Digital Transformation in the Classroom

This adaptable presentation shows both the opportunities and challenges that digital transformation presents

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Making the Right Decisions for Your School District

The success of one-to-one computing depends on several issues that must be addressed through research and policy considerations

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BYOD Planning and Implementation Framework

Developing a successful BYOD program requires extensive planning, communication, and ongoing evaluation

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BYOD Readiness Checklist for School Districts

Determine your school or district's readiness for BYOD

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Technology Policies for School Boards

A sample Policy presentation that can be modified and adapted for your own use when presenting to school boards

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Technology Policy and School Staff and Faculty

A sample Policy presentation that can be modified and adapted for your own use when presenting to staff and faculty

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Components of a Successful PLC

A comprehensive checklist that details what all thriving Professional Learning Communities have in common

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The Decision To Go Digital

Success depends on a strong network of professionals working together to support digital programs

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Digital Curriculum Challenges

Consider the following challenges you might encounter when migrating to digital content

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Digital Curriculum Checklist

Evaluate your school’s readiness for a digital curriculum

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Mentoring and PLCs

Professional Learning Communities can act as dynamic support systems for teachers

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Opening Up to Open Educational Resources

A comprehensive guide to OER and how these teaching and learning materials are freely available to anyone

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Ready to Alter Your Role?

New tasks and challenges call for developing new abilities and setting aside old habits

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Strategies for Principals to Implement Effective PLCs

A checklist for principals in creating a culture of continuous learning for their schools

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Thinking of Flipping

Additional details on what this approach entails and the policies that impact flipped classroom

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Tablets in education: Why one Texas school district turned to the Surface

Here’s how a Texas school district narrowed down the tablet field and what option they ultimately settled on.

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Upgrading to Windows 10: How SHI helped one school migrate 45,000 devices

Here’s how one school district migrated—and staved off a major ransomware attack in the process.

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A Simple IT Environment can Harbor Complex Challenges

An upgrade in a Washington, D.C. school ballooned into a bigger project that improved the IT setup of the entire school.

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We Started a School!

Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia continues on the path of innovative student learning in the digital age by launching a second school. Learn about the process and mission for the new addition to the SLA.
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Keeping Your Strategic Plan on Course

When it comes to decision making, school technology leaders must inevitably weigh factors both from inside and outside of their district. Read about how this district was able to stay on course for the strategic plan as they pondered changes from outside their district. 
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Personalized Learning for a Collective Purpose

You hear the term more and more these days but what  does "personalized learning" really mean? Here are some insights, drawn from a year of exploration and a recent deep dive.
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Building a Community for One-to-One

Five years after his school first went one-to-one, a high school principal shares a building-level perspective on starting and maintaining a successful initiative.
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4 Million Reasons to Go Digital

Monitoring results – and costs – might be important but how often are the questions about a program’s effectiveness really an excuse for avoiding change?

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