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Thanks for the offer of the computer, Vic. It's really not the computers that we need as much as the space for a lab. You don't have a large room that we could graft on to an existing school building, do you?
Is it possible for the teachers who don't like technology to team teach or swap lessons and record-keeping tasks with the teachers who embrace it? Instead of saying, I don't "do" e-mail, couldn't teachers have e-mail sent to someone who will print i…
What are the most difficult areas to get across to high school kids in social studies?It varies by course, and social studies encompasses a wide variety of subject matter (history, government, economics, geography, psychology, sociology, etc.). Ther…
Vic -I teach high school social studies.
Cathy - Sadly, my experience supports your observations that many/some (and one could argue that even one is too many) teachers are technology-challenged.Some teachers, however, are quite proficient, and are already doing the things that Doug sugges…
Can you please point out specifically where I said that you called teachers anything? Two can play the "Show me where I said that" game. I said that you "painted teachers as dimwitted technophobes," and my previous post provides the quotes in which…
Let Them Bleat!“The cellphone should not be looked upon as a device for cheating but instead see it as a reference library within the palm of their hands” It’s both, and ignoring either view won’t make it go away.“Our schools should be about prepari…
Just curious - how many of those with comments posted in this thread have actually taught in the last 5 years? I ask because there seem to be some faulty assumptions regarding schools and cellphones.
First of all, I teach high school in Knox County…
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