Friday, June 19, 2009

Re: Teacher Expectations with Technology

Oh, please keep this one public. This should be interesting.

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Fred Austin
<faustin@theoakwoodschool.org>wrote:

> Hi Guys
>
> Question:
> What are your expectations for teachers taking initiative to make sure they
> understand and use technology systems beyond their training and professional
> development? Realizing that there are different methods of uptake and
> retention on an individual basis, we are primarily talking about things like
> Moodle/Blackboard, SIS software, teacher web pages, and eTextbooks. Web 2.0
> tools such as NING, Twitter, Podcasting, etc still being left up to the more
> motivated individual by choice.
> At what point does "hand-holding" taper off to wean the individual? Do you
> have instances of a few that just don't get it?
>
> Thanks for your feedback.
>
> Fred Austin
> Technology Director
> The Oakwood School
> Greenville, NC
>
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