Comments on: Paying attention? and what this means for teachers http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/08/21/paying-attention-and-what-this-means-for-teachers/ A weblog about teaching English & integrating technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:09:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Denee Tyler http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/08/21/paying-attention-and-what-this-means-for-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Denee Tyler Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:35:08 +0000 http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/08/21/paying-attention-and-what-this-means-for-teachers/#comment-693 I am lucky, because I teach high school juniors in an early college high school with a science and technology base, so I am pretty much immersed in technology at my school. I am also married to a computer programmer, so that helps. However, the best thing I did as far as learning about how to use technology in my classroom was to take summer classes on technology in education from the Utah Education Network (UEN). I've taken three classes from them so far, and every time I come away with lots of new ideas. I think there is probably something similar in every state. Anyway, what I am trying to say is that if people are willing to take the time and effort, there are resources out there. I am lucky, because I teach high school juniors in an early college high school with a science and technology base, so I am pretty much immersed in technology at my school. I am also married to a computer programmer, so that helps. However, the best thing I did as far as learning about how to use technology in my classroom was to take summer classes on technology in education from the Utah Education Network (UEN). I’ve taken three classes from them so far, and every time I come away with lots of new ideas. I think there is probably something similar in every state. Anyway, what I am trying to say is that if people are willing to take the time and effort, there are resources out there.

]]> By: Carla Beard http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/08/21/paying-attention-and-what-this-means-for-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Carla Beard Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:10:47 +0000 http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/08/21/paying-attention-and-what-this-means-for-teachers/#comment-690 Dawn, I join you proudly in being self-taught and "sort of nerdy." I think you and I and hundreds of like-minded nerdy teachers across the country are just ahead of our time. We have to continue to fight the fight, and we have to support one another as we do so. Too many others still don't get the importance of digtial media. They just hired a brand new, just-out-of-college 20-something to teach English at my school. The tech guys set her up on her computer and said she might want to get herself a flash drive. She responded, "What's that?" They tried other names: thumb drive, key drive, jump drive, USB drive. No luck. She didn't know what it was. She is teaching in a classroom with 30 computers. I doubt they use them for more than word processing and Google searches. We have to keep the issue in the forefront of education -- new mindsets require new tools. Hang in there! Carla Dawn, I join you proudly in being self-taught and “sort of nerdy.” I think you and I and hundreds of like-minded nerdy teachers across the country are just ahead of our time. We have to continue to fight the fight, and we have to support one another as we do so. Too many others still don’t get the importance of digtial media.

They just hired a brand new, just-out-of-college 20-something to teach English at my school. The tech guys set her up on her computer and said she might want to get herself a flash drive. She responded, “What’s that?” They tried other names: thumb drive, key drive, jump drive, USB drive. No luck. She didn’t know what it was. She is teaching in a classroom with 30 computers. I doubt they use them for more than word processing and Google searches.

We have to keep the issue in the forefront of education — new mindsets require new tools.

Hang in there!

Carla

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