Comments on: What I Meant By Integrating Technology http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/ A space to (1) reflect on my teaching, (2) share new ideas, sites, and Web 2.0 tools with current staff, and (3) network with other 21st century teachers Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:47:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: death by PowerPoint! | ishbel morag http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-216 death by PowerPoint! | ishbel morag Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:54:38 +0000 http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/#comment-216 [...] at 4:16 pm under Uncategorized I hear this ‘death by PowerPoint’ slogan a lot (Jabiz) and I wince, because I think PowerPoint and these sorts of technologies are a god-send for the [...] [WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The comment's server IP (72.34.60.86) doesn't match the comment's URL host IP () and so is spam. [...] at 4:16 pm under Uncategorized I hear this ‘death by PowerPoint’ slogan a lot (Jabiz) and I wince, because I think PowerPoint and these sorts of technologies are a god-send for the [...]

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]]> By: Review of Intrepid Teacher | Teacher to Be http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Review of Intrepid Teacher | Teacher to Be Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:41:01 +0000 http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/#comment-215 [...] of my favourite things that Jabiz wrote was “I see effectively using technology as a way to help students experiment with new [...] [WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The comment's server IP (72.34.61.211) doesn't match the comment's URL host IP () and so is spam. [...] of my favourite things that Jabiz wrote was “I see effectively using technology as a way to help students experiment with new [...]

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]]> By: mscofino http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-26 mscofino Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:52:46 +0000 http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/#comment-26 Jabiz, It sounds so corny, but I'm so proud to be reading this post! I keep thinking about "starting small" and finding that one person who "gets it" and I always come back to you in my mind. You are the one person who really "gets it" from my experience at MKIS. Not only do you "get it," but you're doing it - without any leadership in your school, in isolation (which is how it usually starts when you head down this path). You're my official MKIS protege! If I can help one person get to the level you're at for every year I teach, I think I'll be a happy camper. So, next stop for you: Tech Facilitator? Keep it up! Kim Jabiz,

It sounds so corny, but I’m so proud to be reading this post!

I keep thinking about “starting small” and finding that one person who “gets it” and I always come back to you in my mind. You are the one person who really “gets it” from my experience at MKIS.

Not only do you “get it,” but you’re doing it – without any leadership in your school, in isolation (which is how it usually starts when you head down this path). You’re my official MKIS protege!

If I can help one person get to the level you’re at for every year I teach, I think I’ll be a happy camper.

So, next stop for you: Tech Facilitator?

Keep it up!

Kim

]]> By: » Potent Feature of Blogging Intrepid Teacher http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-25 » Potent Feature of Blogging Intrepid Teacher Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:12:19 +0000 http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/#comment-25 [...] news! This is already the case. He commented here yesterday, and I have added him to my Skype contacts. Here’s to you getting to know you Steve. I [...] [...] news! This is already the case. He commented here yesterday, and I have added him to my Skype contacts. Here’s to you getting to know you Steve. I [...]

]]> By: » Thoughts on Personal Learning Networks Sustainably Digital http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-24 » Thoughts on Personal Learning Networks Sustainably Digital Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:17:48 +0000 http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/#comment-24 [...] help but get excited about these new possibilities. Perhaps Ewan McIntosh said it best (via Intrepid Teacher, via The Economist): “It’s more about helping learners become more world-aware, more [...] [...] help but get excited about these new possibilities. Perhaps Ewan McIntosh said it best (via Intrepid Teacher, via The Economist): “It’s more about helping learners become more world-aware, more [...]

]]> By: Steve Leever http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Steve Leever Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:22:48 +0000 http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/#comment-23 A tool. Nothing more, but too often in classrooms something much less. The biggest mistake we make in education is failing to understand that technology is the new medium that the generation we serve uses to communicate. I suppose educators sat around in 1920 commiserating the loss of social interaction due to the use telephones. We continue to use the 200 year old educational model and wonder why we struggle to engage the minds of our students. "The post stated that we should not be looking for ways to implement technology into our lessons for the sake of technology integration, but rather that technology should simply be the way we do business. It should be ingrained in our style of teaching." If we are truly interested in how students relate and interact, technology needs to play a more prominent role in our instruction. I believe educators will probably always be behind the curve. The only question is, how far? A tool. Nothing more, but too often in classrooms something much less. The biggest mistake we make in education is failing to understand that technology is the new medium that the generation we serve uses to communicate. I suppose educators sat around in 1920 commiserating the loss of social interaction due to the use telephones. We continue to use the 200 year old educational model and wonder why we struggle to engage the minds of our students.

“The post stated that we should not be looking for ways to implement technology into our lessons for the sake of technology integration, but rather that technology should simply be the way we do business. It should be ingrained in our style of teaching.”

If we are truly interested in how students relate and interact, technology needs to play a more prominent role in our instruction. I believe educators will probably always be behind the curve. The only question is, how far?

]]> By: Corrie Bergeron http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Corrie Bergeron Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:40:51 +0000 http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/what-i-meant-by-integrating-technology/#comment-22 Amen, Amen, yea verily I say unto thee again, Amen. You nailed it. I'm still hyped from our Skype chat the other day. Ive said it before: "SN" is just a tool, like a screwdriver is just a tool. You can use a screwdriver to poke holes in a wall, pry open a can, or assemble a mechanical marvel. (You can even drive a nail with it in a pinch.) It's a set of affordances and constraints, no more, no less. Our students use these tools already. Are we going to try to make them stop using them, disregard them as useless, or will we try to open their minds to using them to learn in new ways? And if THEY're going to use them to learn, WE need to as well. How can you teach it if you haven't done it yourself? Amen, Amen, yea verily I say unto thee again, Amen. You nailed it. I’m still hyped from our Skype chat the other day.

Ive said it before: “SN” is just a tool, like a screwdriver is just a tool. You can use a screwdriver to poke holes in a wall, pry open a can, or assemble a mechanical marvel. (You can even drive a nail with it in a pinch.)

It’s a set of affordances and constraints, no more, no less. Our students use these tools already. Are we going to try to make them stop using them, disregard them as useless, or will we try to open their minds to using them to learn in new ways?

And if THEY’re going to use them to learn, WE need to as well. How can you teach it if you haven’t done it yourself?

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