Module 8 Reflection

Upon analyzing this district's current state of there are three crucial discoveries. First, the district has the potential and capabilities of implementing an architecture development method to apply the vision of a continuum of improvement and meeting standards. Second, the district is functioning efficiently due to the redundancy of applications and systems, and communication barriers in what is perceived as structured organization, yet are operating as silos. Lastly, as technology is adopted and instruction shifts to meet the demands of 21st century skills, the district continues to work with a infrastructure designed on legacy of a typewriter era in the world of cloud based services where the district will continue to be reactive to the demands instead of adaptive.  

This introduction to Enterprise Architecture  allowed me to discover how systems and an architecture development method can not only be applied to education, but is crucial in order to function in a world where technology changes how we work now and the demands of on our education system in an uncertain future.  An EA allows SEA and LEA to utilize technology in an infrastructure  instead of just acquire technology and attempt to make it fit in  an existing, traditional architecture. It is crucial for our education system to adopt a business framework in order to be efficient with resources, adapt to new challenges and meet objectives.