I think the Tune-In article was fantastic. It really identified how many of the new teachers in my district are....and I really liked how the article included ideas on how to work with Millenials. I just wish it would have included ideas on how to work with the Babyboomers! (no offense if you are one!). It's just that many of the babyboomer teachers in my district are extremely hard to work with because they are so resistant to change. They don't take the time to learn new teaching strategies or new technologies because they think "if it's not broken, why fix it". What they don't see is that while they may not think their out-of-date teaching strategies are broken, their students definitely do and they are the ones suffering for their unwillingness to change.
Friday, August 12, 2011
CEDO565 Week 3
What a week of class! I'm really enjoying the board game. It's frustrating, but it really does portray scenarios that we all face in our districts. It took our team a little while to figure out which order to do the activities, but once we got the hang of it, we were really on a roll!
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Many of the teachers that I work with are also babyboomers. I was very (pleasantly) surprised when the majority of them were very excited when they found out that I was the Tech Coach for the system. I think many of them wanted to change and learn/embrace technology but it was just so overwhelming to them that they didn't know where or how to start. I was able to sit down with them in a small group or one-on-one to work on things that they were too afraid to ask someone else in the past because they were things that people expected them to know how to do but were never taught to them. The Tech Coach position has been so rewarding for me because I get to see the excitement and joy after teaching a group how to do something that might seem small to some but is huge to others. This coming school year, one of my goals (established by my principal) is to get the most technology-resistant teacher on board with technology and integrated into her classroom. This goal makes me nervous because she is so ANTI-technology but I'm also excited to be able to show her how much more exciting her classes can be by embracing technology! :)
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more. I sometimes feel myself hesitant to change also, but I see from my students and hear from them on their yearly course evaluation, that there is much more I can be doing to help them relate more to the content. Like you said, if I don't think it's broken, why fix it. But it's not me who is the target audience, I already know the material. It is the student who matter and should be given every opportunity to learn the material in a way that is best for them. I have to understand that I can adapt my lesson plans easier than they can adapt how they learn.
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