This presentation was the opening ice breaker at the August 2016 Tech Training held for LCS teachers. One goal of the training was to reassure people that they can become more confident, more competent tech users. This self-assessment was part…
Dead Poet’s Society. Teachers. Lean on Me. To Sir With Love. Blackboard Jungle. Stand and Deliver. Mr. Holland’s Opus. Movies such as those have at times shaped American dialogue about education, sometimes even influencing policy as well as inspiring a…
What’s the biggest obstacle to learning tech? Access? Training? Age? Excuses abound.”I’m too old,” “Kids are born knowing this now; how can I compete?” “It keeps changing all the time,” or the big trump card: “I don’t have time to…
Charles Leadbeater, an “Innovation Consultant,” considers how technology is by some of the poorest people in the world. Leadbeater’s idea that technology can lead to the “schoolification of the world,” with information and opportunity available to everyone. He suggests that instead…