While looking at different tools, I could see why teachers balk at adding technology. A sense of perfectionism haunts every good teacher I have met, both as a colleague and as an administrator. If there are so many options, the next one may be better. Teachers, more than many, hate to be wrong. If what they are currently doing is right, why would they want to mess it up? We must have more timely professional development for our teachers to explore, evaluate and just play with technology. During this time, we need to provide a limited number of options. One session every six weeks that provides three similar tools, (e.g. animation, pod-casts, etc.) would ease them into technology. Then, I believe the administration should require the addition of one of these tools into at least one unit every six weeks. Over a period of three to five years, we would have a campus addressing technology in a thoughtful, stress-reduced environment.
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