differently to the principals as "What is the responsibility for
teachers to keep up with the changes in their profession?" after I had
yet another request for more training. (Training, BTW, that everybody
seems to want but hardly anybody can be bothered to show up to unless
it's required.) Rather than focusing on the tech, I prefer to focus on
the changes in the profession. After all, you don't want a surgeons
using ten year old techniques on you just because they didn't keep up
with the changes in treatment.
Derrel
On 6/19/2009 9:56 AM, Fred Austin 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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