Yes, I will lead!
Posted on March 24th, 2008 by Mr.Rcollins
I was thinking about my blog post from last week, contemplating on how I should be more positive. People using technology in schools are already facing enough of an uphill battle without me picking on them. 
Stealing Alvin’s Efficiency Tips idea, I want to post little tips, tricks, ideas to help the technology support staff in the education sector. Some of my ideas may seem to be esoteric (such as learning vi), but others should have more common appeal (imaging machings). There are conversations that happen on the Technology Coordinator’s listserv that also need to be condensed and posted.
Does this seem like a good idea? What about also creating handout sheets to help with professional development?
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I think that’s an excellent idea. You certainly have a knack for adapting technologies and finding new an innovative ways to use them in an educational context that others might not see. I still don’t know how you can be the only tech person in your district, and still have considered and tried out just about every application, technology, and solution I’ve ever heard of
Personally, I struggle with meeting the teachers’ needs. I started my blog for them, and yet I rarely post anything that would be useful to the classroom teacher. Maybe I should do something like this for them, too.
I agree with John. There are a lot of people who can learn from your ideas. I know I have learned a lot from you, John Rappold, John Schinker, Alvin and others on my rss feeds and blogroll. I do hope that teachers read your blog and leave comments as well. I know eTech Ohio has an online class on blog and wikis. They should make your blog and the others I have mentioned, “required reading and commenting.”
I know I struggle with how to reach out to the teachers. They are overworked, underpaid and everyone is pulling at them for training on this and a seminar on that. They don’t have time to call parents or even grade papers in the evening for that matter. But, if they just take a few minutes to read a blog post on Moodle, it may change they way they teach and they will begin to find more time for other endeavors.