Most of my past experience as a classroom teacher (middle school) has shown me that instant messaging in the classroom was “evil”. I would take my kids to the computer lab to work on a project, do some research, etc… Most of my time was spent watching kids try to hide AIM in the task bar. They would talk to each other while they were waiting for the ancient machines to do anything. I never knew how to respond. When…
My daughter, a middle schooler, has been blissfully unaware of IM in any format. I have not allowed her to participate in IM or things such as My Space – I have been able to avoid this as she is “underage”. She is literal. If the user agreement says you must be 13, she would never think to lie, she will just say I can’t wait till I am 13 and move on to something else. Well time has caught…
Not really tech related but an observation on organizational styles. I work with an incredible team of people. Our team has just put out about 200 new laptops, launched a new student information systems, got 11+ schools and 600 teachers up and running all in a couple of weeks. Not to say there weren’t/are some hiccups, but overall I am very impressed. We are a small team that works well together. We all have different styles and skills, we know…