So here is my question.
Can you change the minds of people who just don't see the value of technology in the classroom?
To me these people are simply scared of it.
And when you add children into the mix, then they are all worried about their safety and being responsible for their well being.
When I say "they" I am speaking of administrators I believe. Or teachers who have been in the classroom for far toooooo long and are not willing to learn about the new technologies that are out there.
So I am including a link to a report on Safe & Smart the key findings in a report about children and internet use. I think it is very good information to share. There is a link on the right to the full report the link just goes to the key findings.
http://www.nsbf.org/safe-smart/key.htm
Let me know if there is anything new to you in the report?
Of course back to my question...........
Can we change the minds of those in charge of our schools, that internet use is a way of life for our students, and must be integrated into each and every classroom?
Oh and HOW do we do this?
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With the children today using the technology to the level that we do I don't see how we can't use the new technology. I am not a part of the education system, although my mother was inearly childhood for 30+ years. So as an outsider I would think as new teachers come in and more enlightened experienced teachers try new methods the acceptance of these technique will flourish. It will take time, education is an institution, and therefore slow moving. I think it is up to individual teachers to move it along despite resistance from above.
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Not sure what happened, but I thought that I had posted comments here yesterday. I'm going to just write this then give it another try.
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Alrighty. Now, I'm cookin' with gas. Now, I can't remember everything I said, but the gist was something like this. I very much agree that technology can add value to any class. However, I'm not sure if "each and every classroom" needs or should have technology added to its curriculum. This discussion takes me back to when I was teaching high school, and the big push was for "each and every" teacher to teach reading and writing. So, what we had were teachers that were assigning writing assignments just to meet the expectations, and they were totally unprepared to assess the assignments. So, while some may be afraid of technology. Many may just not be prepared to integrate technology into their curriculum.
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