Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: You Want Me To Use This In My Classroom? What’s The Point?

I’m sharing with you this blog post from Steven Anderson. It is a summary of a #edchat meetup this Tuesday night. I missed the conversation but I’d like to mention parents and what an impact they could have. That is why we are starting a program for parents Digital Parent
Ask parents you know, if they would sign up for a course on web 2.0 tools.

• Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: You Want Me To Use This In My Classroom? What’s The Point?

  "There is one in every school. There is one in every district. There is that one teacher, no matter what you do, no matter how much time you take, how slow you go, how much one-on-one time you spend with them, there is that one teacher who is not going to integrate technology into their classroom. They dig in their heals. They bury their heads in the sand. They shut the doors to their classroom, leaving technology (and perhaps ultimately quality learning) out in the cold. As is the case every Tuesday evening, educators, parents and students from around the globe came together on Twitter for #edchat. The topic: How do we encourage those teachers who don’t see or refuse to see the value in technology integration? It was, as always, a fascinating discussion. Here is just a snapshot of some of the thoughts of the participants:"

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  • here is one in every school. There is one in every district. There is that one teacher, no matter what you do, no matter how much time you take, how slow you go, how much one-on-one time you spend with them, there is that one teacher who is not going to integrate technology into their classroom. They dig in their heals. They bury their heads in the sand. They shut the doors to their classroom, leaving technology (and perhaps ultimately quality learning) out in the cold.

    As is the case every Tuesday evening, educators, parents and students from around the globe came together on Twitter for #edchat. The topic: How do we encourage those teachers who don’t see or refuse to see the value in technology integration? It was, as always, a fascinating discussion. Here is just a snapshot of some of the thoughts of the participants:

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