Moving Teachers Towards Technology

Noel and I had the honor to present at the Expeditionary Learning National Conference in Portland, Oregon.  Along with attending some great sessions we presented on how teachers can use Sternberg’s three intelligences to differentiate products.  As part of our presentation we asked for participants to bring their laptops with them and we also brought along some of our ipods.  In reflecting on our session I was surprised to see the level of anxiety when we asked participants to use the iPods or log onto Today’s Meet.  I know that I get anxiety around some technology but that isn’t going to stop me from trying to learn so I can reach students who are eager to use what they already know to enhance their learning.  I also started to think about the training we need to do for our teachers to bring them into the 21st century.  Many teachers that are already interested will continue to use technology.  For others we must provide time and meaningful training to bring them into the 21st century.