Now that I have clicked on every Blog participant in the 23 Things list I'm left with mixed feelings. First, I did not leave any comments, the things I read were interesting, some very well done but as lifehacker says, "Don't comment for the sake of commenting. " Second, several times I really wanted to know who people were, maybe not a name but at least a few ideas about the author. Most of the links on view my profile contained little or no information. I'm going to work harder on my own. Privacy is important and security is worthy of all the attention we give it. I guess I still want some kind of personal touch to help me connect with the writing. Third and last to refer back to lifehacker's thought on commenting for the sake of commenting so it is with blogging for the sake of blogging. I am reminded of why I chose the title for this blog. For the purposes of K-12 education, curriculum drives technology - not the other way around. Where time is limited and resources dwindling I repeat - choose wisely and go deep. As always, thanks for listening. Leslie
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Very interesting post, Leslie. I'm glad you made the comment about curriculum driving technology.
ReplyDeleteLeslie, I agree with most of the comments you have made but as we blog we must remember that not everyone will agree with our stance. I love curriculum and am enthralled by technology and it is the merging that is the challenge. As I work with my elder colleagues, there is a resistance to learning new things and a "fear of failure". I will continue to assist in training others for some of these elders are still actively teaching. I have literally begged people to read my blog so that they can began to navigate. They will not comment but will send me an email!!
ReplyDeleteExactly right... I see so many of my colleagues trying to figure out how to plan a lesson around Moodle, a website like conjuguemos.com, or whatever, rather than using the technology to enrich what they would already have done in the first place. And, five minutes after they comment to my about why I don't use those tools, they start to complain about what a pain it is because the students did or didn't do such and such. Technology is great for education, but let's not make it the next bandwagon to jump on.
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