Module 2.1 - Professional Staff Development in Technology (Part 1)

 

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WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT

Question for the week. A response is to be posted on the D2L discussion site. As with Module 1, I would like (as part of your participation grade) you to post 2 comments about what 2 other classmates have posted on the topic below You may agree, half agree or disagree with the thoughts that have been posted. FULL participation is expected.

We have evidence (Becker, 1999) that as many as seventy per cent of the teachers in American schools fall into the "reluctant" or "late adopter" categories when it comes to computers and other new technologies. What can be done to reach these "reluctant" teachers?

Reading Assignment #2 due at the end of Module 2 is The Computer Delusion http://www.tnellen.com/ted/tc/computer.htm

Also, begin to think about your Staff Development Plan, which is due at the end of Module 2