Comments on: Massachusetts district’s advice: Focus on learning, not technology

By: cnealon

cnealon — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:15:04 +0000

Exceptional article.Educators have a duty to prepare their students for an increasingly technologically saturated workplace, but technology should never be the focus in school. Technology should be transparent while learning remains at centerstage. Teachers, administrators and students should let the technology work for them and not feel compelled to work at the technology. Massachusetts has the right idea!

By: soto0720

soto0720 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:58:27 +0000

@medleyda I recommend you first look at pedagogical goals you have for your staff and then determine technology that can support that and explicitly link the two together. Most teachers understand pedagogy, it’s the technology integration into pedagogy that can stump them. It’s easy to look at all the tech out there and become overwhelmed and feel like you need to play catch up, but start little, one or two strategies and let it build as teachers become more confident/excited as they see the results!

By: cindy_kk

cindy_kk — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:31:26 +0000

Wonderful article. As a district instructional technology coordinator, experience same challenges, along with many more. However, this article gives me hope and seems to illustrate a quote I recently came across, “Technology in education must be like oxygen: ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible.” (by educator, Chris Lehman). C. Kleyn-Kennedy

By: medleyda

medleyda — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:18:03 +0000

This is a great article. I am a middle school principal in an urban district and I am moving in the irection of technology integration in the classrooms. I am looking for technology to help create independent learners and provide avenues for students to present ewhat they have learned and use that avenue as an effective evaluation tool. My issue is not just time to train teachers on how to integrate technology but motivating teachers to begin brainstorming on incorporating technology into the instructional process. We are inplementing the “Flipped classroom” concept with a few classes, utilizing Khan Academy to assist with student skills, and also Skype with different groups.