Our Wildwood, Volume 47

FEATURE Building a Framework for the Future of Education

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Embrace the transformative potential of technology to accelerate, augment, and expand teaching and learning, institutional systems, access, and communications.

EMBRACING TECHNOLOGY AS A VEHICLE FOR LEARNING AND INNOVATION “There are so many ways in which the ‘unprecedented times’ of the pandemic have been an eye-opening gift,” said Jaimi Boehm, director of middle school. For instance, Jaimi said, asynchronous time in classes allowed students to discover their capacity for self-paced learning and deep thinking, and Zoom enabled teachers to bring guests to “campus” on short notice while parents, guardians, and other family members were able to attend school events with greater ease. In that vein, the third pillar of the Framework is to embrace the transformative potential of technology to accelerate, augment, and expand teaching and learning, institutional systems, access, and communications. “We believe that beyond augmented and virtual reality, emerging and existing technologies will help our students and teachers connect in real time to schools and cultures near and far in creative ways that we couldn’t have imagined before the pandemic,” Jaimi said. “Those exchanges and collaborations will add texture to learning at Wildwood.” This pillar will also involve reconsidering how we use time and space, and calls for developing new applications for students, faculty, and staff to connect while off campus. It also acknowledges the critical role that technology plays behind the scenes and its potential to help streamline and automate school systems such as security and attendance.

“We have work to do and we’re excited to

do it.” —DR. JOANIE BANKS-HUNT, DIRECTOR OF UPPER SCHOOL

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