Technology, Innovation & Education
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Advances in technology continue to transform every industry and parks and recreation is no different. From cutting edge asset management systems that offer the potential to make capital investments and maintenance repairs more efficient, to new motion-sensors and people-trackers to help provide use data, to the data management software that is used for DPR’s operations, technology has a huge role to play in parks and recreation management. Innovations in technology are also changing the way we experience the outdoors, with virtual gaming, smart parks, tech-aided exploration, and augmented reality creating new ways to incorporate technology into outdoor recreation and expand environmental education.
The Technology, Innovation & Education priority area seeks to integrate and utilize new technology in our parks, promote educational and entrepreneurship programming opportunities, and continue to innovate by designing new spaces and programs to address the concerns of our time.
Examples of potential actions of this priority area are:
- Apply new technological tools, especially in data management
- Add new environmental education programming and teaching spaces such as outdoor classrooms
- Expand public Wi-Fi access in parks
- Integrate environmental education into interpretive signage
- Utilize technology to encourage youth to explore the outdoors
- Expand access to nature virtually for those who are unable to experience it firsthand.
More content will be added to this page as we continue with the planning process. Please share any initial ideas you have on this priority using the tool below.
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Do you have any ideas on strategies or actions DPR should pursue related to this priority?
View All Ideasabout 3 years ago
Technology solution for no Shows to Wilson Pool Lane Reservations
Create a technology solution to the number of no-shows at Wilson pool. since each lane reservation is tracked and each person has to check in to their reservation when arriving at the pool it is easy to see and track the participants who are no-shows. After 3 no-shows the participant should lose their right to make a reservation. It could be s simple program that does this. Just like you cannot make more than one reservation in a day or 3 in a week. This could work similarly for these no-shows
about 3 years ago
Using Technology to Submit Reports for Park Maintenance and Emergencies
Use technology to allow citizens to report observed maintenance needs using their cell phones or similar device in real time that also allows using geo-tags/photos to identify the location of the needed repair or clean up. This system could also be helpful in reporting emergencies when it's not always clear how to report incident location, e.g., on a nature trail.
