modeling

teaching responsibly

I came across this quote on Cool Cat Teacher Blog this morning: “We teach what we know; we reproduce who we are.” Robert Schmidgall As I read this quote I am overcome with a sense of responsibility towards my students and my profession. I am also reminded that so much of what I teach is teaching responsibly

“Put technology where it can be best used… In the classroom!”

[cross ranted as a comment at Stephen Ransom’s EdTechTrek] [and slightly elaborated] I am starting to think that because many teachers and administrators still do not know exactly what we can do with technology there is a reluctance to put it in the classroom. Example – today the Internet had, for some reason, stopped working “Put technology where it can be best used… In the classroom!”