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Wednesday, January 08, 2003
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Myths and Realities About Technology Adoption Among Teachers - Arnold Pulda, techLearning
...The Internet has been around in the national consciousness for almost ten years, and it seems to me that we are now in the third stage of trying to figure out how to integrate it into our educational pedagogy and practices. The first stage, the easy part, was wiring and hardware. The vast majority of teachers just stood to the side while the technicians performed their magic and spoke of routers, T1 lines, networks, and other arcane tools of the trade. The second stage involved allowing the pioneers of technology to spread the word; Ted Nellen, George Cassutto, Kathy Schrock, Joyce Valenza, Bernie Dodge, and others set a wonderful example of online teaching - but most teachers looked at their exemplary work and said "No way, I'll never get there." Now we're in the third stage, where people both inside and outside education are asking for some return, some bang for their hardware and wiring buck - for results where the rubber meets the road. They're wondering why more teachers aren't using the new media. And now teachers realize that they can no longer stand to the side and watch someone else do the work.
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