Change Agent, an interview with Will Richardson from the Education Week's website
Richardson, W. (2010, October 11). Change Agent. In Education Week Teachers Pd Sourcebook. Retrieved November 30, 2010, from http://www.edweek.org/tsb/articles/2010/10/12/01richardson.h04.html?cmp=clp-edweek&intc=bs&sms_ss=delicious&at_xt=4cb7dc75d0303b73,0
Summary:
This is an interview Conducted by Educational Weekly with Will Richardson. Richardson was a teacher in New Jersey for almost 20 years and is now an educational-technology consultant and co-founder of Powerful Learning Practice, a professional development provider devoted to fostering online community for teachers. During his teaching practice, Richardson wrote a book titled, "Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms." Richardson is an advocate for teachers who have a presense on-line and therefore are "googleable" meaning that a student should have the ability to google their teachers names and the results should include only things that are considered appropriate for example the teachers educational blog. Because the environment of education and learning is always changing, teachers must keep updated and use web 2.0 tools to participate in a network of other educators. Students need to be taught how to use the web for educational purposes by creating networks for learning.
Question #1 How do we get parents on board if they are concerned with what their child does online?
This is an interview Conducted by Educational Weekly with Will Richardson. Richardson was a teacher in New Jersey for almost 20 years and is now an educational-technology consultant and co-founder of Powerful Learning Practice, a professional development provider devoted to fostering online community for teachers. During his teaching practice, Richardson wrote a book titled, "Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms." Richardson is an advocate for teachers who have a presense on-line and therefore are "googleable" meaning that a student should have the ability to google their teachers names and the results should include only things that are considered appropriate for example the teachers educational blog. Because the environment of education and learning is always changing, teachers must keep updated and use web 2.0 tools to participate in a network of other educators. Students need to be taught how to use the web for educational purposes by creating networks for learning.
Question #1 How do we get parents on board if they are concerned with what their child does online?
I think that just as we should teach students how to use the web as an educational tool we should also be working to inform parents about the using of the internet in education. By sending home paperwork for parents to read and get involved in their children's work online, we are only making it easier for students to look at the internet as a multifaceted tool instead of being solely important for being able to go on facebook and myspace.
Question #2 What if well established teachers do not want to participate on any web-based profiling or networks?
Question #2 What if well established teachers do not want to participate on any web-based profiling or networks?
I can see their being an issue of whether or not seasoned educators are going to want to have an online presence because it is something that they are not used to. However I think that if the school and principal push the importance of staying up to date and on that same track as their students, teachers may be more willing to put in the added effort of joining an online discussion board or take part in something like Classroom 2.0. I also think that once teachers see how many resources are available for them online they will see that it is actually not only in the best interest for the students for also for the teacher because by participating the teacher is a lot more likely to get new ideas and recommendations from other educators that he/she may not have had the availability to do so without being online.
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