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Drape's Takes: No Teacher Left Behind?

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:19:10 -0000

* In spending so much time to create (shallow?) connections with such a wide range of educators on a global level, isn't it possible that one might also neglect local relationships that are equally (if not more) important?
* What can we do to consistently maintain a healthy perspective?

Shifting gears to a higher plane:

* Do we really think that all teachers need to be this connected?
* Can every teacher (human being) handle all of the information? Are they "bad teachers" if they can't?
* And what about those teachers that take 25 minutes just to create a Gmail account (PEBKAC)? Will it really be worth my time - and theirs - to help them enter the 21st Century? Or are the benefits of such efforts simply not worth the costs?

I guess what I'm really wondering is this:

* Is it ever OK to simply leave some teachers behind?

Comments:

Ideas I'm thinking of sharing on SEEDLINGS Oct. 30th. posted by datruss

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

There is a difference between leaving someone intentionally 'behind' and choosing to work only with those willing to change. There is a difference between teaching with technology and using technology to engage learners. There is a difference between being a lifelong learner and being too busy to learn.

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Posted by: datruss

Brick Wall « Je Pense…

Tue, 27 May 2008 16:30:30 -0000

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Not every school will be able to afford one computer per child, let alone have the luxury of using parent-purchased cell phones for classroom instruction. posted by datruss

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Posted by: datruss

Digital immigrants or digital natives? A discussion of digital competence… A spectrum, not a dichotomy! | David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:38:38 -0000

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So if I were to make the post title into a statement it would be: Rather than a Digital Native/Digital Immigrant dichotomy, students have a wide spectrum of digital competence positively correlating to their digital exposure. posted by datruss

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

Rather than a Digital Native/Digital Immigrant dichotomy,
students have a wide spectrum of digital competence
positively correlating to their digital exposure.

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Posted by: datruss

Open Thinking & Digital Pedagogy » Letting Go

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:01:42 -0000

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There is a technology war coming. Actually it is already here but most of us haven’t yet notice. It is a war not about technology but because of technology, a war over how we as a culture embrace technology. It is a war that threatens venerable institutions and, to a certain extent, threatens what many people think of as their very way of life. posted by datruss

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

we’ve reached the point in our (disparate) cultural adaptation to computing and communication technology that the younger technical generations are so empowered they are impatient and ready to jettison institutions most of the rest of us tend to think of as essential, central, even immortal. They are ready to dump our schools.

It is about honesty. It is about being truthful to our students about the flaws of our educational system. It is essential that we open a dialogue with our children to help them design their educational processes. Together we can do more than simply patch the existing system, and we need to do it soon.

The future is in good hands

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Posted by: datruss

Microsoft Announces Commitment to Promote Sustained Social and Economic Opportunity for the Next 5 Billion People: Company unveils affordable education suite for young people in developing nations and announces plans for 90 new Innovation Centers to promo

Tue, 08 May 2007 17:17:55 -0000

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