Comments on: We Are All Technology Teachers

By: Melissa C. Tran

Melissa C. Tran — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:36:29 +0000

I really enjoyed this article and couldn’t help taking your analogy a step further when reading to this: aren’t we coming to a point where teaching technology is nearing the importance of teaching READING? I realize that may be an exaggeration, but really, how much of one? In the next decade, isn’t it likely that those without tech. skills will be locked out to a degree comparable to that of those locked out by illiteracy today? As an educator struggling to keep up myself, I definitely believe in integrating technology to the greatest degree possible. Thanks for making me more conscious of this! I look forward to future reads.

By: Milestone 5 | Lynn Wiedelman

Milestone 5 | Lynn Wiedelman — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:58:58 +0000

[...] whether all teachers should teach technology or just save that for discrete technology classes. Here is a link to her original blog post. I have recorded my audio response to this blog [...]

By: Yeah… what she said! – LPS Te[a]chnology

Yeah… what she said! – LPS Te[a]chnology — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:40:47 +0000

[...] up to sit down for some focused writing time, I read Kim Cofino’s post declaring “We are all Technology Teachers” and, while I know there are still more questions than answers surrounding this topic, I just [...]

By: BobK99

BobK99 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:47:38 +0000

>Students and teachers should expect that technology
>will naturally be a part of every class.

I don’t see why anyone should think anything else. And I’d add ‘parents’ to the list.

By: Sean Nash

Sean Nash — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:24:40 +0000

Excellent. Great analogy… very similar as well to all of being “literacy” or “reading in the content areas” teachers. I agree fully. If real integration is to work for our students, we must all move ourselves and those colleagues nearest us- toward a richer adoption of appropriate technologies in our content areas. Each time this discussion pops up, I seem to always point back to the TPACK framework to help describe a teacher with the skill set our students need.

I also agree with Jeff above in the idea that we also need more options for students to enroll in on an elective basis. We have a deep need for students to feel they can not only use technology when and where appropriate… but also to innovate and create new technologies for the future.

Another post to point good folks toward. Thanks.

Sean

By: Kevin Jarrett

Kevin Jarrett — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:16:40 +0000

Kim! What a fantastic, resource-rich, real-world discussion of technology-infused pedagogy. Thank you! Yes, yes, a thousand times, YES! Your analogy is simple, powerful and one every teacher can relate to.

I especially agree with the need for continuous, relevant, effective PD that meets the needs of teacher practitioners at all levels (beautifully explained here: http://bit.ly/8QAd2M), and with your comprehensive, outcome-focused job description: http://bit.ly/G1kna.

These posts, along with the detailed emails both you AND Jeff recently provided me in response to my questions about redesigning our school’s own technology curriculum, are INCREDIBLY helpful. I’m sharing them with everyone I can!

Keep up the FANTASTIC work! Oh, and I can’t wait for your K12Online 2009 Opening Keynote (http://bit.ly/7ydbAe) in just a couple of hours! See you there!

Best, kj

By: Bernadette Rego

Bernadette Rego — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:11:12 +0000

Another great post, Kim.

I completely agree that we should take an integrated model approach to using technology in the curriculum. I see technology as comprised of tools which have the potential to both aid and enrich the student’s learning experiences. I also would support having a separate technology instruction course, where topics such as netiquette and internet safety could be expanded upon and would compliment their usage of technology in both the classroom and home environments.

Bernadette

By: Clint H

Clint H — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:23:34 +0000

Teaching, particularly in the high school, has become too specialized and compartmentalized for its own good. There isn’t a real-world problem – and by this I mean a problem in the world and not one made up for a textbook – that exists in a subject-specific background. All problems that we face include literacy, numeracy and technology (integration). I would wager heavily that every teacher at every level deals with these three concepts every day in their own lives (both in and out of the classroom). To pretend otherwise for their students and to not give them experience doing so is to live in a textbook induced coma…

By: Jeff Utecht

Jeff Utecht — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:27:39 +0000

Glad to know I won’t be out of a job anytime soon. I think in the elementary grades full integration is the way to go. Starting in middle school there should be specific technology electives for those students who like technology and want to learn specific skills. Yes there should be full integration within the core subjects, but technology classes around mobile computing, website design, and just plain old computers would be great to get those students who are interested started down that path. To often we don’t allow students the choice to go deeper into technology…..I hope someday we can do that.

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