Has anyone ever heard of or used this web site? I was assigned to check it out this week, and I have to admit that I found it somewhat intimidating. Not because it was difficult to navigate through, but because of the information on the site. Perhaps the thing that I had the hardest part time with was that I knew nothing about what I was reading. I guess that it could be much more inviting if I were technologically up to date in education. The home page is pretty dry reading, however once I got past it and started reading some of the articles it grew on me. It did take a couple of visits to the site to get an idea about what I was reading. This web site could be used as a very effective tool in integrating technology into education. Much of what I read were ideas that schools around the nation are doing to incorporate technology into what they teach each day. In fact, I greatly appreciated the web sites goal of trying to prepare students for today's world. This is a point that I try to teach by even though it continues to be difficult with the lack of technology available to most teachers. That being said, I think that teachers have a better chance a gaining that technology, or at least the knowledge of it, through this web site.
Take a chance to visit the site and let me know thoughts, likes and dislikes.
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This website was unknown to me as well. After reviewing the site, I feel that it is definetly a resource that I will utilize. Is Wyoming one of the states involved in the partnership? I teach in Ohio. It just recently became involved in the partnership.
ReplyDeleteI was also unaware of this web site. It does have a lot of information and and links. The problem is there's so much information that one can spend much time searching for what they want to fit there class. I wish there was a way to narrow the information down as one goes.
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ReplyDeleteI felt the same way. It took me awhile to navigate and find useful resources on integrating technology. I could see how this site could be useful for teachers. I was surprised to see that a lot of the council members were big corporations like (Apple, Ford Motor Company, Dell, Sesame Street, and Walt Disney) were just a few. I do agree that teach could gain some in sites about technology integration through this web site.