Submitted by Brad Edwards (not verified) on May 8, 2008 - 08:12.
Jim:
I worked in one school district where the Information Technology Director often said that he didn't want to know anything about education. Really ! What he wanted was for us teachers to tell him what we wanted to make happen, and it was his perception that his job was to make that happen. As he led the technical support staff, there was little educational technology leadership from the top. It was up to the building coordinators (three of us) to figure it all out. And since there was a lack of leadership, we were stuck with no clear directions until we had to agree on and submit "Grade Level Expectations" to the state. Needless to say, the three schools were often in different directions.
Too often the technical staff has zero's and one's in their minds; they tend to be linear thinking folk. That's a good thing in many ways, but educators need the non-linear approach as do their students and that's where conflict can enter into the relationship. The more learner control, the better the learning experience and the longer the information stays......network administrators and technicians don't always understand that.
Technical staff and teachers
Submitted by Brad Edwards (not verified) on May 8, 2008 - 08:12.
Jim:
I worked in one school district where the Information Technology Director often said that he didn't want to know anything about education. Really ! What he wanted was for us teachers to tell him what we wanted to make happen, and it was his perception that his job was to make that happen. As he led the technical support staff, there was little educational technology leadership from the top. It was up to the building coordinators (three of us) to figure it all out. And since there was a lack of leadership, we were stuck with no clear directions until we had to agree on and submit "Grade Level Expectations" to the state. Needless to say, the three schools were often in different directions.
Too often the technical staff has zero's and one's in their minds; they tend to be linear thinking folk. That's a good thing in many ways, but educators need the non-linear approach as do their students and that's where conflict can enter into the relationship. The more learner control, the better the learning experience and the longer the information stays......network administrators and technicians don't always understand that.
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