Marie Hockley's Profile

we always see that technology excites kids when they use it, then why aren’t
we using it all of the time?

-- If we say that technology is an educational tool, then why do we save
technology only for Tuesday’s when we take kids to the lab down the hall?
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If we say that 21st century skills are the wave of the future and what every kid
should be learning, then why isn’t every professional development session in the
world geared toward these skills?

Remembering back to those pioneering days, Shively said what teachers needed
most was help figuring out how the Internet fit with their teaching styles and
lesson plans. Because the Web was less user-friendly, she said, educators had a
hard time wrapping their minds around how it could serve as an asset in their
classrooms.

"A lot of them wanted to get into it, but weren't sure how to go about it,"
said Shively, who added that some teachers are still facing the same challenges,
even in 2009. "There are still some who aren't automatically envisioning the Web
as part of their teaching toolbox