Oct 28, 2014
Today is my second day on the job as … um … Educational
Tech… Technology Planner… Ideas Man… not quite sure, I don't have an official title yet. From what I’ve gleamed, it is
my job to think about everything that the school has done, is doing, and will
do with technology. It’s a lot to think
about. I’ve been sort of jumping around
from task to task, window to window, trying to get my head around where to
really start. Do I look at what options
are available 1-1 or not 1-1, tablets for Primary or Smartboards or both? Do I find out what capabilities and interests
teachers have? Do I start comparing
different laptops or sourcing and pricing iPads in Brasil? The answer is “Yes” all of these, but first
we as a school need to have a vision and a focus that we as teachers can be
inspired by and the administration are inspired to support.
It has been a bit of a smash between going down memory lane, with names
like Alan November coming into conversations and a climbing up the ladder from
technological depravity. It has been
seven years since I was first inspired to be a 21st century educator, but I had stopped following the trends, to an extent, and focused
on home life and other pursuits. It is a
fantastic feeling coming back to thinking and writing and discussing pedagogy again without having
to worry about what the next three classes, that are back to back, are going to
come with let alone what I need to give them.
Tomorrow I am going to start my day with some educational inspiration.
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