In a technological world were everything happens so fast, it is hard to remember that not all things change as fast as we would like them to. Convincing adults to change, or for that matter any human, change is difficult. We are who we are. It is going to take a great deal of time to completely change how instructors promote and use technology.
Finding what interests instructors have and using those interests to introduce change is an important technique to incorporate when trying to promote technology use in the classroom.
This takes time and patience.
One thing to remember not to do is to make any learner feel like they are inferior by being impatient with their lack of technology knowledge.
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I think we also need to carefully look at what we do to teachers when we say that technology is the tool that they now need to use in the classroom. Sometimes, a building gets caught up in what appears to be the latest fad, and seasoned educators go into the "I've seen it come and seen it go" mode - and rightfully so. Our job as technology leaders is to carefully analyze where technology is a boon, and where it will be a bust. Some teachers have carefully crafted units that would NOT be improved with the use of technology - and we need to be respectful of that. Without such analysis, it will be easy for the naysayers to dismiss us out of hand.
I agree absolutely. We all should be doing exactly that.
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