tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293651735518246988.post6960845946041292787..comments2023-11-05T02:10:50.039-07:00Comments on Drape's Takes: No Teacher Left BehindUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293651735518246988.post-82369129922563456902007-08-08T19:08:00.000-06:002007-08-08T19:08:00.000-06:00There is just so much information out there that t...There is just so much information out there that teachers don't know where to look. The Internet video technology is also something that people of our generation see as a teen activity. They simply don't think of looking for professionally relevant content on video sites or blogs. Many of them still have all of the media's blog bashing reports rattling around in their heads, so they aren't going to look there for professional material either.<BR/><BR/>Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, administrators want teachers to get information from certain sources. Even in discussions about professional learning communities, administrators want to control where teachers get their information, so teachers aren't being pointed in the right direction to find this content. <BR/><BR/>All of this is changing, it is just like any other exponential change. The early stages are barely distinguishable. With each day the changes become more noticeable. I remember when we first got district e-mail, teachers wouldn't give out their e-mail address because they were afraid of making it easier for people to contact them. Now, we don't know what to do when e-mail, network, or web services go down. We still have a long way to go. Web 2.0 technologies are way ahead of our education system, but the teachers and administrators are moving forward. The work that you and all of the rest of the education bloggers including those that have left their comments here is very important, and is working.Jamie Gustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10761125334234017851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293651735518246988.post-82741840770881187492007-08-08T17:58:00.000-06:002007-08-08T17:58:00.000-06:00Darren, I live in Argentina. You say up there teac...Darren, I live in Argentina. You say up there teachers are late in joining the conversation, so imagine what the situation is like down here. Whenever I talk to my headmaster or my department coordinators at school about what I'm during with my students, I have to explain/define every single word I use, but they don't seem to be very interested. The funny (or sad) thing is that the first time I talked to my students about blogs or wikis, they knew what I was talking about, no need to explain. A big gap here.Gabriela Sellarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218185338966433135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293651735518246988.post-40793000836905848702007-08-08T17:26:00.000-06:002007-08-08T17:26:00.000-06:00I'll go with 4% of the teachers are participating....I'll go with 4% of the teachers are participating. The lag is because we need to have the P2P touch to pull them in. We all have this responsibility. The numbers entering the conversation this fall seem to be increasing quickly....Durffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683687754001195123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293651735518246988.post-11128240387775739302007-08-08T16:38:00.000-06:002007-08-08T16:38:00.000-06:00Darren! Lisa Durff and I were just having this ve...Darren! Lisa Durff and I were just having this very conversation today. I am a technology teacher and have always been involved in what I thought was "the latest" in terms of educating my students. Ha!...Ha!, I say again. I didn't even know what Web 2.0 was until one month ago! How's THAT for not paying attention. <BR/><BR/>One of my favorite quotes from Walt Whitman deals with him "sounding his barbaric YAWP from the rooftops of the world." I think this quote applies directly to the situation we still find ourselves dealing with. Namely: How do we get more teachers involved in using collaborative technology and teaching practices in the classroom? We need to push the issue anytime and anywhere we can. <BR/>In fact, I was in the middle of drafting an email to two of my District's key Technology Facilitators asking whether they were "paying attention." (Ok, I'm not using that <I><B>exact</I></B> phrase, but you get the point. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for bringing this issue up again. I'm still pretty green, but I can imagine that it's hard for dyed in the wool Web 2.0 teachers to remember that there are still a great many teachers out there who know nothing about any of this stuff. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your post - <BR/><BR/>Kevin Sandridge<BR/>www.notesfromtheridge.edublogs.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293651735518246988.post-66132087356393227502007-08-08T16:36:00.000-06:002007-08-08T16:36:00.000-06:00Yes - HOW DO WE do this? It's the $1,00,000 questi...Yes - HOW DO WE do this? It's the $1,00,000 question. 16 teachers got laptops at my school last year, I doubt any of them take their laptop home - don't see a reason, its heavy. I'll bet 3/4 of teachers at my school don't know how to send an attachment or open one on an email. A few would like to embrace tech more - but feel too overwhelmed to attempt and don't see how to fit it in prescribed programs they already don't have time to cover.<BR/>Probably not new info for you. But how do we get past that? I'll keep doing trainings whenever they let me - I have seen some breaking down of barriers lately - so I'll stay optomistic.<BR/>BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com