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I’ve been getting a lot of flak recently for doing so much on all that “bloody TECHnology stuff”!
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Come on…not my fault!
I’ve been doing a few programmes / projects of late that are designed to put the TECH into the ED…without forgetting the LEARNing – especially the TEACHer LEARNing!
Afterall…
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…and, Clay is a guy I choose not to disagree with too much
(unless it’s about hair-styles)!
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Now, the plan (for this current post) was to look at some of the questions that we (as TEACHers) really need to be asking ourselves as we look at ways to “use” (more) EDtech – to enhance what we need to be doing….to help our students do more with the stuff they are supposed to be LEARNing….with us!
Yes, that’s a mouthful…and a half.
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That’s because we need to be doing more than just “DOing” stuff in the classroom…
…we need to be THUNKing DOers – in our classrooms!
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What I was going to do (in this post) was look at a few of the questions all TEACHers need to ask BEFORE they jump on the latest band-wagon or hand over their credits cards to one of the many…
…that are out there – lots of whom (sadly) are TEACHers, too!
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You know, questions like:
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This one is even “sexier” (probably because I stole and co-opted it from Clay Christensen):
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Not only the EDtech you “hire” yourself…what the school also hires – for you!
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Why, Tony?
Why do we need to question everything?
I just want to get on with my job…
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Well, because…of what Uncle Clay (the first one) tells us above – but perhaps, more importantly,
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Let’s look at an example (very) close to home (if you live here in canım Türkiyem):
I am a Turk now – can say what I want about OUR projects!
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Did it work? Is it working? Will it ever work – if we throw more money at it?
Why not?
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What’s the price-tag?
Me thunks…someone, somewhere got some ‘splaining to do – to all us tax-payers!
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Questions, questions, questions…are GOOD!
Never let anyone tell you any different…
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If we start asking these types of questions (about allthingsEDtech), others just start bouncing around and out of the old grey matter:
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But, hey…why stop at student LEARNing:
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…when we can (also) do so much more with our own TEACHer LEARNing!
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Questions, questions, questions…
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…because we all know (especially if you speaks a wee bit of Mandarin):
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Now, that was what I WAS going to say (in this post)…but I won’t – because a few of you are a bit fed up with…all that “bloody TECHnology stuff”!
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So, let’s really get back to “basics”:
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NEXT TIME…söz!
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