From: Curt Lieneck <clienec@ucls.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 12:21 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: The 21st Century School Tech Department
Interesting question.
If, as Daniel Pink says, the future will reward people who do things =20
only they can do, then it makes sense that the future will reward =20
schools who provide experiences that can't happen anywhere else.
As Jim rightly points out, the f2f relationships among school =20
community members are at the center of that and will remain so.
The tech department will be key in helping their schools figure out =20
what parts can happen outside school and how they are best made =20
available. The fun stuff will be figuring out what tech related =20
experiences can only take place in school and how best to make them =20
happen.
School IT will also continue to look more like business IT as we =20
spend more time on cutting operating costs, legal issues, protecting =20
our user base, and expanding our role in supporting/managing =20
increasingly sophisticated initiatives in fundraising, communication, =20
marketing, and administrative data practices and processes.
IT leaders who can leap quickly back and forth between the 5-inch view =20
and the 50,000 foot view while building interdependence across =20
constituent group silos will be even more important than they are =20
already.
Curt Lieneck
Director of Information Technology
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
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