Talking Tech

Educators today have an incredible array of tools at their disposal to get information, collaborate, and ultimately help students know, understand, collaborate, create, and learn.

But teachers are busy.

They are busy planning lessons, collaborating with teams, coaching sports, directing plays, sponsoring clubs, meeting in committees, filling out forms, building curriculum, learning new grade programs, communicating with parents, and TEACHING STUDENTS.

Which means that they don’t have time to keep up with the technology changing faster than the speed of creativity (shout out to Wes Fryer) . That’s why jobs like mine exist. It’s why we run PD sessions and why we send out HowTo’s and such.

And it’s why this blog exists. Because you have to get the message and the training out in as many ways as possible to ensure that it’s heard/read by as many people as possible.

Education NEEDS to embrace these tools as ways to build 21st Century learners who can communicate, collaborate, and effectively learn for themselves.

But the teacher is still the most important part of these students’ education.  That human connection is so valuable and students still need guidance and instruction - even about technology.

Teachers need to be given the time, professional development, and support from their admin to succeed.

Admin needs to expect teachers to improve their teaching, learn best practices, and genuinely make efforts to learn what’s possible.

Everyone needs to be professional.  And that can no longer mean ignoring technology and its impact on education.

Schools need to be like life.

This blog attempts to move in this direction…but it’s still a long road.  Come with me.