So how did I learn all of the technology I use in my instruction and in my online collaborations with teachers? I learned it on my own.
So, I started using the internet to learn how to do what I wanted to do – blog, make videos, make podcasts, publish student work, etc. Of course it wasn’t easy, but I wanted to learn it so I did. (That is key – my learning was self-directed.)
redesigning the curriculum to take advantage of the affordances of the 1-to-1 mobile devices that were being used. The technology was not bolted onto an existing curriculum
Most importantly, they developed into a community of practice — a professional group of educators who work with each other, who support each other
Adding technology to direct-instruction, paper-and-pencil-based pedagogy, will have little impact