US/ND-2: Re: Scope of the service:
Re: Scope of the service:
Currie Morrison (currie@hale.ssd.k12.wa.us)
Tue, 3 Sep 1996 21:56:02 -0700 (PDT)
On Tue, 3 Sep 1996, Jan Bolluyt wrote:
> A few commonalities seem to come to the surface of our dialog.
>
> 1. Local districts are the most knowledgeable concerning their current
> capabilities, their philosophies of education, the current technological
> skills of their faculty, and the local service providers.
This is one commonalitie I have a real problem with. Having dealt with IS,
and teacnology departments at the district level unlike many teachers
these comments just dont ring true for me. I have also visited several
other districts around the counntry and compared notes with many of my
counterparts a various conventions over the past four years as well as
online discussion groups.
My general feel is that many IS departments don't know new technologies
and are protecting their jobs. These IS departments are in many cases
stalling by giving poor advice to educational types in administration.
IN general few if any administrations have any idea how to use technology
in education and quickly embrace just about anything someone from business
tells them.
The bottom line for me is that educator need good training based on good
research and practices. It is out there but we have to dig for it and then
nurture it and replicate it.
Cheers!
Currie