a 4th grade teacher, for example, whose students will not have the same
experiences to build upon for 5th grade? Can we leave it to that teacher
to decide what skills are necessary (or not necessary)? Should there be
curricular guidelines at this level?
Lorri Carroll
Director of Technology
Hamden Hall Country Day School
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Hamden, CT 06517
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A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Ironically, my sense has been that the 12% not using technology are not
>the
>weakest or most backward 12% of teachers. They tend to correlate more
>closely with the 12% most experienced and most well-respected teachers.
>Not
>a 12% that I would choose to ignore or disengage from.
>
>My sense is that usually the lack of technological engagement is, as Renee
>suggested, based on legitimate lack of time, long experience teaching
>without technology (so the efficiency gains of technology are not
>appealing:
>they would require major loss of efficiency to retool with technology, at
>least initially), and deep involvement with co-curricular aspects of the
>school (e.g. dorm heads, college advisors, varsity coaches) that devour
>enormous amounts of their time (did I mention lack of time? Lack of time.)
>
>It has probably been ten years since I talked to a teacher who was not
>employing technology who was not keenly aware that they _should_ be using
>technology and who didn't have some ideas about how they might use it.
>
>-- S
>
>Seth Battis / http://battis.net / seth@battis.net / @battis / (323)
>638-7384
>
>
>On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Steve Taffee <staffee@castilleja.org>
>wrote:
>
>> Personally, I'd be inclined not to spend much time on the 12%. There's
>> greater pay-off working with those who are ready to move, and in rare
>> cases,
>> there are teachers who are so gifted in other areas that who cares if
>they
>> use technology?
>>
>> It's tough to let some people go on in ways that don't challenge them to
>> stretch and grow, but let's be realistic about not letting the tail wag
>the
>> dog and becoming a drag on other innovators. Isolate and control their
>> reach
>> is the tough love that may sometimes be required. The recalcitrant are
>> adults and make their own decisions.
>>
>> s
>>
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>> You don't *really* need to print this do you?
>>
>>
>
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