A Teacher’s Thoughts

I have read a lot about fear lately. Fear of new technologies, fear of change. The latter is the I guess the biggest fear in a general sense. Perhaps many teachers are held back from adopting new technologies, held back by fears. The same is surely happening right up the educational management chain from classrooms [...]

A recent post at Remote Access asks, “Are Schools Irrelevant?“, suggesting that with today’s connectivity and information resources, content acquisition is more expedient, meaningful, and lasting through other means. This is probably true. And, there are likely many teachers who still see themselves as the ones with the knowledge. But that is not what school [...]

Well here it is the middle of August. Teachers go back to school a week from Monday and the Kids arrive the following Tuesday. What will we find when we return? Good question. Our school has been under a major renovation. The big step this summer was the move of the high school. They have [...]

Job Description-Install, configure, maintain, troubleshoot building-wide network including, wireless networking. Comfortable in Windows and Linux environments. Responsible for set up, maintenance, and updating user machines (100+). Work directly with teachers and students to troubleshoot issues arising during the day. Assist teachers to plan technology integration into classroom teaching….the list goes on. Bottom line, starts less [...]