Do you see the challenge looming on the horizon? It’s not just the students who need to keep in step with 21st century technology developments. The teachers also need to harness the technology. However, reluctance describes the general reaction on the part of teachers (and lack of funds on the part of schools and districts). Ouch!
What can be done to alleviate the symptoms of remaining in the dark ages of print media and overhead projectors and propel us toward the fiber-optic light before us? I’m grateful for the challenge, frustrating as it can be at times. What makes matters more difficult in Title I schools is the lack of technology available to families of students when not in school.
The students are so excited for computer lab time. It’s their only contact with a new century. More must be done to accomodate this need. But how? How?…. (posted 9/20/08)
