Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Reaching the tipping point !!
I have just been forwarded this blog and find the comments made to be right on track!!" it seemed impossible to reach the “tipping point” when the vast majority of teachers used computers in constructive ways. " http://stager.tv/blog/?p=547. The struggle of have to constantly prove elearning worthiness to some educators can be wearing. To my delight however persistence pays of, and these reluctants' can give the biggest rewards when they come to you to share the elearning success that they have had in their class. I will also be trying to contact the author of a reading I have read recently about movie stories and small children as I have found the most powerful persuasion for teachers is seeing things happen in real life. Thus I may try and arrange observation visits.
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Love the blog! I'm with you on the struggle for convincing other teachers Beth. In my ICTPD cluster all of us lead teachers are trying to find ways to get staff excited about e-learning so that they begin to contribute to and drive the process of their own growth more. But many seem to see it mrerly as an increase in workload and can't see beyond that. One strategy that seems to be working is just to ask each teacher to just implement one thing - which could be as small as getting the kids to use a digital camera for their published writing instead of illustrating it. I think the Roblyer reading (Fig 1.3, p.11) Tony gave us has an excellent table which gives a list of reason for justifying the use of ICTs in class - I'm going to try this out with some of our staff - perhaps just to get them to think in an abstract way why ICTs might improve student learning. The alternative is to use one of Selwyn's (2008 reading from Tony) suggestions and FORCE rather than guide schools to implement ICT programmes so that they are accountable. I probably prefer the carrot to the stick but wish some staff members would eat that carrot a bit more readily!
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