Why a Digital Strategy?
Imagine for a moment that your school needs to integrate technology, and you have been chosen to lead the planning and implementation of this integration. You must now decide whether your school needs a technology plan or a digital strategy . The challenge is these terms are used interchangeably all over the internet, and it is challenging to extricate one concept from the other because they appear to be the same thing. Nevertheless, despite how close they may appear, there is a distinct difference between a technology plan and a digital strategy. The emphasis of a technology plan is the technology and the organisation’s overall goals. As a consequence, the focus of a technology plan can encompass any and all areas. These can include productivity, improved customer service or employee morale (Truong, 2021). If this is placed in an education context, it means that a technology plan can focus on any area of importance to a school including, but not limited to, the curriculum, communicat...