As long as we think about tech as if it is ONLY a tool, then we will never change the system. Our students are already learning 24/7, and we are abdicating our role in that learning if we still think we are effective 7 hours a day using a few "tools" to interest them. Their world demands different talents....if we do not take the leadership role in aiding them in their learning quests, then what are we doing? I feel great when another teacher asks me to help them learn the tools...but until school and district leadership decides to prepare our children to be successful in the global culture, then I just look good to other teachers. The gap between us and them is growing so quickly, it scares me. I vote for leadership as a keynote--for us to learn to inspire our admin, and for them to see the new world before it hits them "upside the head."
Leslie Healey
As long as we think about tech as if it is ONLY a tool, then we will never change the system. Our students are already learning 24/7, and we are abdicating our role in that learning if we still think we are effective 7 hours a day using a few "tools" to interest them. Their world demands different talents....if we do not take the leadership role in aiding them in their learning quests, then what are we doing? I feel great when another teacher asks me to help them learn the tools...but until school and district leadership decides to prepare our children to be successful in the global culture, then I just look good to other teachers. The gap between us and them is growing so quickly, it scares me. I vote for leadership as a keynote--for us to learn to inspire our admin, and for them to see the new world before it hits them "upside the head."