Comments on: Encouraging early and late majority teachers http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/01/15/encouraging-early-and-late-majority-teachers/ Celebrating 30 Years of Ed Tech Vision Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:51:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kate Klingensmith http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/01/15/encouraging-early-and-late-majority-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Kate Klingensmith Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:08:40 +0000 http://www.isteconnects.org/?p=586#comment-66 I know that when I was teaching, I didn't feel like I had the time to learn about 'new strategies'...little did I know how much all of this innovative technology could have improved my instruction and my students' success. One move that will be helpful will be to redefine "professional development" to include personal learning activities. An educator who maybe keeps a blog or is involved with other educators on-line, collaborating on new strategies and finding new tools for the classroom should be awarded credit for this PD. Another idea would be to have the early adopters and innovators put together a school-specific website with links to and examples of technology uses, highlighting members of the staff that are trying new things. This may even lead to a bit of friendly competition/peer pressure, with teachers encouraging each other and showing off how amazing the results can be! I know that when I was teaching, I didn’t feel like I had the time to learn about ‘new strategies’…little did I know how much all of this innovative technology could have improved my instruction and my students’ success.

One move that will be helpful will be to redefine “professional development” to include personal learning activities. An educator who maybe keeps a blog or is involved with other educators on-line, collaborating on new strategies and finding new tools for the classroom should be awarded credit for this PD.

Another idea would be to have the early adopters and innovators put together a school-specific website with links to and examples of technology uses, highlighting members of the staff that are trying new things. This may even lead to a bit of friendly competition/peer pressure, with teachers encouraging each other and showing off how amazing the results can be!

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