Maybe the September 21st e-mail from Randy Fisher on the results of a survey on "Why teachers chose resources (i.e., OERs)
The top two responses (by far) * The content matches the grade level of my students" * The content is up to date" Should be considered in why educators do not use technology. Are we meeting their needs with our creations or just our own? Jim kelly http://wikieducator.org/User:Jkelly952 On Nov 23, 2:14 am, Phil Bartle <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > WikiEducatorhttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle > Join our discusssion > forumhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Community_Strengthening --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
