To avoid the failure of a digital transformation, everything after the development of defined desired benefits and outcomes should be about the Planning, Implementation, Transition, Adoption, and Continuous Improvement (PITAC) phases of the technology solutions and transformation. This tends to perpetuate further pumping and dumping with educational organizations switching technology solutions frequently, causing frustration for all involved.Äigital transformation can significantly move the needle for schools and districts. Pumping and dumping of technology solutions achieve little to no value-add, and the technology solutions are often blamed instead of the process. In these cases, organizations tend to measure the mere saturation of the solution as the ROI instead of the set of desired benefits and outcomes. Pumping and dumping of technology solutions occur when these solutions are touted as solving problems and then deployed following the PITAC Process described below. By understanding the clearly agreed-upon definitions and the desired benefits, educational organizations can clearly outline their desired return on investment (ROI) and avoid the practice of pumping and dumping technology solutions into their operations, environments, and classrooms. However, to reach these noted benefits, educational organizations must clearly define what digital transformation means to them and which benefits they expect from the digital transformation. The benefits of digital transformation include increased student achievement, increased motivation for learning, improvement of student engagement, an increase in the ability for teachers to transform their teaching methods, the potential to make an educational organization’s operations more efficient and/or effective, and/or a mixture of these value-adds and more. Digital transformation can significantly move the needle for schools and districts. When used effectively, PITAC can ensure that the role of digital transformation in education is a positive and effective one. Educational organizations are not immune from this necessity. While I do love buzzwords, it is vitally important for organizations to define and codify the meaning and intent of what these words mean for their vision and mission. One of the buzzwords that have been gaining traction in the past few years is Digital Transformation. Joe Phillips, Chief Information Officer, Broward County Public Schools
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