Neit2009+Open+Space+1+D

Open Space1 - D-Rock Room [Type notes and links for session here.] (thanks to Jeni Berry for scribing)

Busier because more people are actually using it SMART elmos were a particular problem How can I help someone that is basically feeling you are there to “serve” them? “ “ cannot do the most basic tasks?

“You tech people think you are smarter than we are”

Should admin mandate a certain level of tech saviness?

Working with people like that is your mission Good, if they want to be helped We should be kind beyond belief to help them feel less anxious about what they do

One teacher who asks the same question every Monday for 40 wks of school! Tech not working therefore I don’t have to use it

Integrator feels wasting time because teacher doesn’t learn/want to be responsible

Re-look at professional development

Need admin support You must hold professionals to professional standards – but given adequate time, if they can’t conform then …

Can’t hand hold indefinitely – can’t help someone who is not interested in using tech in classroom.

What is the solution? Teachers demo what they do You can’t give up – find new ways?

How much support is actually available?

Go with the one who is further along?

Is the support cost effective? You do have to set standards. - $$$$ Open afternoon session – if you have a question come and ask it.

Bring in an outside vendor and it’s more effective –

Is it right to only ask/check tech standards for teachers? What about other criteria?

Tech separate from teaching?

Mandate from ‘above’

Not all issues are genuinely tech – sometimes other issues pervade and it ends up that tech can’t move on because of the prior problem.