This week I listened to another Driving Questions podcast which had a guest by the name of Steve Griesbach, the Superintendent of Gower Middle School in Burr Ridge, Illinois. Steve talked about how the focus of technology wasn't based so much on the application or the tools itself, but on learning the information. He wants to focus on deciding on what you want your students to learn, and then figuring out the best way for them to learn it, and I like his take on their teaching technology. Another great point that is discussed is the current budgeting cuts going on throughout the country in education. The best way to get more money and have more community and faculty support is to explain and show them how technology is helping their children and students learn. The other thing I took away from this was that with the use of internet in schools, it is important to know that that opportunity has a chance of being both good and bad. You need to teach the kids how to be responsible with the use of the internet both in and out of school. This is definitely one of my favorite guest speakers so far!
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