{"id":166,"date":"2008-03-30T15:22:47","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T20:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2008-11-30T13:18:37","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T18:18:37","slug":"changing-the-learning-environment-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Learning Environment, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Bretag\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s March post** \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Good Enough<\/a>, really hit on something I have been struggling with myself. In my responsive post I listed some questions I am focusing on and will discuss with anyone who will listen. Here are my thoughts on my first questions.<\/p>\n

How do we get teachers\/administrators to use and see the value of these tools for themselves and their students? (In my opinion Hurdle #1)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First let me preface that the educators who ‘get it’ sign up for classes, workshops and ask for individual support. Honestly these are not the people I am trying to reach.<\/p>\n

So here are the results of a little unofficial – mini experiment I conducted.<\/p>\n

Last fall (2006) I tried to offer some workshops on media creation and storytelling. I had a low turn out. So that spring (2007) I offered workshops on Recording your Family History<\/em>. I had a great turn out. I had teachers bring in family photos, showed them how to scan. We then looked at how to import the photos into an application and add voice. I played one I made with my mom and I talking about old family photos over coffee, I added the photos to match the conversation. The teachers were hooked, they saw this as valuable. They felt it would be a great summer project to get the whole family involved.<\/p>\n

Well it it just under a year since those workshops and all but one of those teachers has now completed a digital story project in their classes. Three of them signed up for a fall course, that is a more intensive look at using technology to reach all students. Others have attended smaller workshops. So now as spring approaches I am getting ready to do a re-run of those classes. I deem them a success. Teachers who need to attend content\/standard based workshops do not wish to attend additional technology workshop. But to learn something for fun and family seems to have been a hit. And though it took a year they took the skills they learned and developed over the summer and incorporate them in the classroom on their own with no prodding by me. Isn’t that the goal? Now I need to come up with more ‘sneaky’ workshops to get the skills out there.<\/p>\n

** Ryan has just written another post<\/a> related to this one. It is a must read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ryan Bretag\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s March post** \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Good Enough, really hit on something I have been struggling with myself. In my responsive post I listed some questions I am focusing on and will discuss with anyone who will listen. Here are my thoughts on my first questions. How do we get teachers\/administrators to use and see the value of these tools for themselves and their students? (In my opinion Hurdle #1) First let me preface that the educators who ‘get it’ sign…<\/p>\n

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