In order to squeak more hours out of each day, I decided to use this assignment as a dry run for my presentations at our digital learning conference, GAETC and summer leadership. I also decided to choose the same topic for our emerging technology presentation which is also on the use of Google Classroom and SAML or OAuth within GAFE. In the summer leadership and digital learning conference I have been principally tasked with GAFE and its integration with existing infrastructure and legacy learning management systems.
This strategy turned out to be quite useful as the thrust of my presentation for summer leadership is to sell the idea that our D2L implementation desperately needs reinforcing with other tools. The nature of technology integration going forward must focus on productivity and a more efficient use of teacher’s and student’s time. It amazes me how much time a tool like D2L sucks from both the teacher and student as they try to create and find content, assignments and assessments. I believe that part of our job as it continues to become more and more difficult to attract and retain good teachers will be to provide services and labor saving technologies that add value to our employees.
This strategy turned out to be quite useful as the thrust of my presentation for summer leadership is to sell the idea that our D2L implementation desperately needs reinforcing with other tools. The nature of technology integration going forward must focus on productivity and a more efficient use of teacher’s and student’s time. It amazes me how much time a tool like D2L sucks from both the teacher and student as they try to create and find content, assignments and assessments. I believe that part of our job as it continues to become more and more difficult to attract and retain good teachers will be to provide services and labor saving technologies that add value to our employees.