I am a lucky husband of 12 years and a father of 2, a 3 year-old boy and a 6 year-old girl. I am in my sixteenth year as an educator, including teaching 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade science. The past five years have been in my current position as an Instructional Technology [...]
Something of a plan to address the education of all involved in the district’s podcasting/Web 2.0 efforts is beginning to take shape:
Educate the Instructional Technology staff in podcasting basics, blogging, using wikis, RSS, etc. This might take the form of an all-day training in early January.
Educate key teachers. After-school sessions and personal training during conference [...]
Here is the quandary. Teachers are excited. Students are excited. The tools are ready and available and the training is underway. Web 2.0 is beginning its slow takeoff in our district. Teachers, students, and principals are beginning to create marvelous products using blogs, wikis, and, soon, podcasts. However, the question becomes, “If we build [...]
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