http://www.ed4wb.org/?p=426 Education as if people and the planet mattered Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:51:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.ed4wb.org/?p=426&cpage=1#comment-1673 wfarren Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:52:39 +0000 http://www.ed4wb.org/?p=426#comment-1673 Charlie: I think having a coach, like you say, is more likely to produce results than having to subscribe to a training regimen. I know from working in schools, that there was always a core (small) group of people that kept getting better and more creative with their use of technology. I would say that the common trait they all had was that they wanted to learn and that they were willing to take charge of their own learning. Others seemed to take the attitude that if they were going to get better, it was the school's responsibility to train them. Those people, interestingly enough, never showed up to any offerings unless they were forced to. They also consistently lagged behind the self-starters. When all was said though, they were merely conforming to the school's top-down culture. Charlie: I think having a coach, like you say, is more likely to produce results than having to subscribe to a training regimen. I know from working in schools, that there was always a core (small) group of people that kept getting better and more creative with their use of technology. I would say that the common trait they all had was that they wanted to learn and that they were willing to take charge of their own learning. Others seemed to take the attitude that if they were going to get better, it was the school's responsibility to train them. Those people, interestingly enough, never showed up to any offerings unless they were forced to. They also consistently lagged behind the self-starters. When all was said though, they were merely conforming to the school's top-down culture.

]]> http://www.ed4wb.org/?p=426&cpage=1#comment-1672 Charlie A. Roy Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:54:24 +0000 http://www.ed4wb.org/?p=426#comment-1672 @ Bill<br>Good post. We've had to make some changes into how we've done PD related to technology in our school. Originally we built the one sized fits all mode into our monthly development days. Ugghh it didn't work that well. We transitioned to creating a position known as the "Director of Instructional Technology". This person's work has been transformative through working with teachers on an individual basis. This has been much more profound. @ Bill
Good post. We've had to make some changes into how we've done PD related to technology in our school. Originally we built the one sized fits all mode into our monthly development days. Ugghh it didn't work that well. We transitioned to creating a position known as the “Director of Instructional Technology”. This person's work has been transformative through working with teachers on an individual basis. This has been much more profound.

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