Submitted by Marcia Tyrol (not verified) on April 22, 2008 - 05:37.
How lucky we are at our school to have a tech director from industry to keep our servers running and manage the problems that 800 users cause or confront every day. He brings a new perspective to education and yet supports us in our efforts at integration.
I certainly agree that blocking sites can be detrimental as we search for meaningful ways to bring the world into our classrooms. I am starting to use Skype in the hopes of establishing safe real life communication for my Spanish students. It is blocked, but we figured it out!
Anything new takes time and effort AND cooperation...so I guess as teachers we need to ask that good old standby question, "Is it worth the time it takes?" If it is, we need to take the time and work out the issues to make out classrooms Web 2.0 connected and to challenge ourselves to learn what we need to learn to be 21st century teachers.
How lucky we are at our
Submitted by Marcia Tyrol (not verified) on April 22, 2008 - 05:37.
How lucky we are at our school to have a tech director from industry to keep our servers running and manage the problems that 800 users cause or confront every day. He brings a new perspective to education and yet supports us in our efforts at integration.
I certainly agree that blocking sites can be detrimental as we search for meaningful ways to bring the world into our classrooms. I am starting to use Skype in the hopes of establishing safe real life communication for my Spanish students. It is blocked, but we figured it out!
Anything new takes time and effort AND cooperation...so I guess as teachers we need to ask that good old standby question, "Is it worth the time it takes?" If it is, we need to take the time and work out the issues to make out classrooms Web 2.0 connected and to challenge ourselves to learn what we need to learn to be 21st century teachers.