Some thoughts.

Well. I don’t think I have written anything of substance lately, but I have spent a fair bit of time reading. My Blog-roll is not huge, a lot of it was taken from my friends Lisa-Gaye and Graham’s lists of who they each read. I do read the usual suspects (in no particular order), Will Richardson, Miguel Guhlin, Dr Scott McLeod, Sue Waters, and the list could go on and on.

Now, I’m a “Techie” and not a Teacher. Quite often what I read about pedagogy, learning outcomes, and rubrics etc go way above my head. I do witness first hand the frustrations LG faces as she tries to encourage those around us to use this taboo stuff called “technology” in their lessons. I understand that at times she feels like she is simply banging her head against a wall (or a TV cabinet, but let s not dwell on that) and questions is it worth it? We have shown our staff the “Shift Happens” video, to many oohs and ahhs, but not much has changed.

A lot of what I read shows that there are very distinct sides to this story, those that are successfully using technology in their schools with the blessings of those around them and are ensuring change happens, and those of us that are facing an up hill battle.

This morning I read a post by Miguel on Comic Strips with links to items by Ric Murry. I loved Ric’s cartoon series “sticklers.” They show the divide that can exist between tech-savvy educators and the administrators at their schools.

Unfortunately we don’t allow our students to bring their phones to school, at least we don’t fine them though.

I was refreshed reading Ric’s posts. He shares similar ideas, and uses different media to get these thoughts across. His posts have helped instill a glimmer of hope again.

Bring on Term 2!