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The prep time to create charts that utilize any effects over-and-above what you would already do with a laptop and LCD projector feels clearly developed by those with a disconnect to the precious time we have in education and the many hats we already wear. Additionally, while these boards were initially meant to help less-tech savvy teachers to embrace technology use, their hefty training time and prep time serves as its own gatekeeper for more than just tech tentative teachers.

I ask you: Do we really want to spend thousands of dollars on a tool that makes stand-and-deliver instruction easier?”

But there were a few who were concerned about how their tweets would be interpreted alongside their personal tweets, that, perhaps their audience would think it was disingenuous.

Let's be clear: Technology is never going to replace teachers. What technology can do is give teachers closer, more human and more rewarding interactions with their students.

Confidence.

Suddenly I didn’t have an excuse not to be confident. People liked my writing. People listened. I’d been my biggest obstacle all along