Hey Phil , this is so true here in China Educators or schools are the people and places which are very hard to change , one of reasons is they stop to learn or interested in learning new things
however , are we talking abt What if question ? I think we don't need too many new things in Education or new technology When there is so whiteboard , no Elearning , still textbook dominated world , My mom is a teacher who never don't know how to use a powerpoint , but she is a such a great teacher who love her students so much As long as you take care or love your students , you can always find ways to improves , this is my 2 cents Leo China 2009/11/23 Phil Bartle <[email protected]> > > John raised the question: > "But I have a question. And this is addressed not just to you, but to > everyone. Why is it that educators -- the people whose job it is to teach > students about new technology and concepts -- do not want to learn the > technology themselves? > I am not taking a position on use, or ease of use, of technology, I am just > curious why this attitude exists. Thoughts? > Cheers, > John" > > The old saying went: > Them that can, do > Them that can't, teach > and them that can't teach, teach teachers > > I have been an educator al my life. > In the widest sense of the word. > When I turned forty, my magical ability to learn languages disappeared > I have been steadily dropping in my learning abilities since I was three > In the eighties my fellow social scientists thought I was some sort of > a nerd (not a nice term then) because I was the only one of them with > an apple two clone and modem and able to use the university computer > from my home for grading, composing and so on. > Now I find it hard to keep up with all these educators using wikis and > other web .0 technology > So I am now in my mid sixties, retired and disabled. > Age might have something to do with it. > Perhaps I should put this together into another rant. . . . . > :-) > Cheers, > Phil > > If the coach does the pushups, > The athlete will not get stronger > Community Empowerment: > www.scn.org/cmp/ > WikiEducator > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle > Join our discusssion forum > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Community_Strengthening > > > > -- Leo Wong -------------------------------------- http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com/ HELP There is something very special and powerful about engaging directly with the real teacher and real Kids --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
