Comments on: Put technology where it can be best used… In the classroom! http://ransomtech.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/put-technology-where-it-can-be-best-used-in-the-classroom/ A Quest for learning, unlearning, relearning... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:33:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: “Put technology where it can be best used… In the classroom!” | Leading From The Heart http://ransomtech.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/put-technology-where-it-can-be-best-used-in-the-classroom/#comment-387 “Put technology where it can be best used… In the classroom!” | Leading From The Heart Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:37:08 +0000 http://ransomtech.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-387 [...] ranted as a comment at Stephen Ransom's EdTechTrek] [and slightly [...] [...] ranted as a comment at Stephen Ransom’s EdTechTrek] [and slightly [...]

]]> By: “Put technology where it can be best used… In the classroom!” « leading from the heart http://ransomtech.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/put-technology-where-it-can-be-best-used-in-the-classroom/#comment-144 “Put technology where it can be best used… In the classroom!” « leading from the heart Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:13:57 +0000 http://ransomtech.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-144 [...] Posted on September 25, 2007 by Tracy Rosen [cross ranted as a comment at Stephen Ransom’s EdTechTrek] [and slightly [...] [...] Posted on September 25, 2007 by Tracy Rosen [cross ranted as a comment at Stephen Ransom’s EdTechTrek] [and slightly [...]

]]> By: Tracy Rosen http://ransomtech.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/put-technology-where-it-can-be-best-used-in-the-classroom/#comment-143 Tracy Rosen Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:39:48 +0000 http://ransomtech.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-143 Oh, I agree. I am starting to think that because many teachers and administrators still do not know exactly what we can do with technology there is a reluctance to put it in the classroom. Example - today the Internet had, for some reason, stopped working in the west wing of our school. I was at the computer lab with one other teacher. She packed her kids up and went back because she only books the computer lab for the last period of the day so that her kids can 'play on the internet'. For her, technology has nothing to do with learning, it is a form of entertainment. I stayed with my kids and used the time to work on our Science vocabulary while teaching them how to hyperlink in presentations. For some reason, this teacher has not caught on yet that technology can be much more. I can understand the frustration of new teachers, but until the more experienced teachers and administrators at schools begin to use technology as a learning tool, really use it, and demand that good forms of it be available in the schools, it isn't going to happen. I can also understand the frustration of not so new teachers who are expected to use technology but who aren't really given the time to grow less afraid of it and to experiment with what can be done. and while there are still administrators who are technophobes...well...they aren't going to have to step up to the plate and seek out guidance. Rant over, time for dinner :) thanks for another great post! Tracy ps - my blog has moved to a new address and a new design - come check it out! http://leadingfromtheheart,wordpress.com Oh, I agree. I am starting to think that because many teachers and administrators still do not know exactly what we can do with technology there is a reluctance to put it in the classroom.

Example – today the Internet had, for some reason, stopped working in the west wing of our school. I was at the computer lab with one other teacher. She packed her kids up and went back because she only books the computer lab for the last period of the day so that her kids can ‘play on the internet’.

For her, technology has nothing to do with learning, it is a form of entertainment. I stayed with my kids and used the time to work on our Science vocabulary while teaching them how to hyperlink in presentations.

For some reason, this teacher has not caught on yet that technology can be much more. I can understand the frustration of new teachers, but until the more experienced teachers and administrators at schools begin to use technology as a learning tool, really use it, and demand that good forms of it be available in the schools, it isn’t going to happen.

I can also understand the frustration of not so new teachers who are expected to use technology but who aren’t really given the time to grow less afraid of it and to experiment with what can be done. and while there are still administrators who are technophobes…well…they aren’t going to have to step up to the plate and seek out guidance.

Rant over, time for dinner :)
thanks for another great post!
Tracy
ps – my blog has moved to a new address and a new design – come check it out!
http://leadingfromtheheart,wordpress.com

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