Techni-color….Technology in color

Today was my first day at SCASL.  Yesterday, my co-workers and I presented a workshop on Web 2.0 tools.  I am learning alot about those tools.  One thing I like about Web 2.0 is that most of the tools are free and those students who may not have access to some programs can now access a Web 2.0 tool that will do the same thing that software you have to purchase does.  There is just so much out there to learn, and when I attend conferences, it gives me the chance to see whats out there.  Unfortunately, I sometimes feel alone and isolated in my quest to learn, but being around other people helps me to really see whats out there for me!  I don’t understand why when someone learns something, they keep that information to themselves.  Never understood that, even when I was in the classroom.  Its not about me, or about them, its about whats good for the kids.  And if you know something that will help me to help teachers to help kids, then share.  But hey, not everyone is willing.  We, as a community of educators, must learn to work together and not hide what we have so that another will think that what we have done is better than what someone else has done.  Well, thats my rant for today.  I do wonder how others feel though.

I love technology. The more I learn the more I love it. I see technology as a tool to help students who are not doing well in school, succeed. I have worked in districts where there is a high percentage of students of color. It is my passion to do whatever I can, whatever I must, to ensure that the students whom some have “given up on” are successful. I see technology as a tool that will aid in the enrichment of those students who get left behind. One tool that I now have a better understanding of is a wiki. I love the implications of what a wiki can offer in terms of collaboration. What do you think?