http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/03/04/it-takes-leadership-to-get-creative-in-schools-and-support-the-use-of-skype/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/03/04/it-takes-leadership-to-get-creative-in-schools-and-support-the-use-of-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-126878 Navigating the Waters of Web 2.0 | twentyfourseven Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:28 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=4159#comment-126878 [...] and digital citizenship are increasingly important aspects of being successful in school and out. If we don’t teach them, who will? addthis_url = [...] [...] and digital citizenship are increasingly important aspects of being successful in school and out. If we don’t teach them, who will? addthis_url = [...]

]]> http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/03/04/it-takes-leadership-to-get-creative-in-schools-and-support-the-use-of-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-126616 RustyBadger Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:12:07 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=4159#comment-126616 You hit it on the head there, Wes- and that's the fundamental disconnect between EdTech and InfoTech. Techs (most of us, anyhow) don't even begin to understand the difference that those terms represent, but there is very little initiative on the part of administration to address the problem. So teachers and techies spend a lot of time fighting over things that could be solved or prevented with a bit of pro-d. It's interesting that districts will often spend a lot to provide pro-d for teachers around technology, but nobody ever considers giving the techs pro-d around pedagogy or classroom management. It took me a long time (almost three years) to really grasp the concept myself (I'm a tech), and it was only through the time I spent in the classrooms working with teachers and students that I really came to see how "EdTech" means something completely different from "InfoTech", and that the IT departments in schools invariably don't get it. You hit it on the head there, Wes- and that’s the fundamental disconnect between EdTech and InfoTech. Techs (most of us, anyhow) don’t even begin to understand the difference that those terms represent, but there is very little initiative on the part of administration to address the problem. So teachers and techies spend a lot of time fighting over things that could be solved or prevented with a bit of pro-d. It’s interesting that districts will often spend a lot to provide pro-d for teachers around technology, but nobody ever considers giving the techs pro-d around pedagogy or classroom management. It took me a long time (almost three years) to really grasp the concept myself (I’m a tech), and it was only through the time I spent in the classrooms working with teachers and students that I really came to see how “EdTech” means something completely different from “InfoTech”, and that the IT departments in schools invariably don’t get it.

]]> http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/03/04/it-takes-leadership-to-get-creative-in-schools-and-support-the-use-of-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-126610 Langwitches Blog » A Skype Odyssey Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:46:24 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=4159#comment-126610 [...] Fryer says It takes leadership to get creative in schools and support the use of Skype. Wes addresses  the technology (bandwidth and security) part of that equation in his post. I am [...] [...] Fryer says It takes leadership to get creative in schools and support the use of Skype. Wes addresses  the technology (bandwidth and security) part of that equation in his post. I am [...]

]]> http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/03/04/it-takes-leadership-to-get-creative-in-schools-and-support-the-use-of-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-126568 shawnette @simplek12 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:49:16 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=4159#comment-126568 It really does take leadership to get creative in schools and support the use of Skype and other non-traditional ways to integrate technology into the classroom. Great article! It really does take leadership to get creative in schools and support the use of Skype and other non-traditional ways to integrate technology into the classroom. Great article!

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