Consortium for School Networking

When I first viewed the CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) website I was not certain I would be able to find any use for the information they had. It all seemed very technical. But I was able to find information very easily. The most helpful things I found were the Superintendent Self-Assessment and District Leadership Assessment forms. They both seemed like excellent tools for a school to have access too. If I was forming a technology committee in my district, I have no doubt that I would use this website to offer guidelines about what they should be working toward. The website offers clear goals of leaders and technology in a district. I think that the leadership team would be able to set out a long-term technology plan using the site. I like that they push innovation and risk-taking. I think districts should be doing this—but you need to create the environment that this is what were going to try and it might be the best thing ever or we might give it a try and have it fail. But at the very least we’re going to try it out. Here is where you need buy-in from community members and staff. They need to be supportive of this idea. The CoSN website reminds you to include other community members and teachers. Again the self-assessments are the best. If a superintendent and leadership team are going to be honest in their actions, they looked like wonderful tools to identify areas of improvement.