Tech Tools
Tonight’s #edchat was fast-paced and full of interesting commentary, as usual. The theme was centered on tech tools and student learning goals. I was glad to see educators agreeing that the technology needs to be driven by the curricular objectives and not the other way around.
One of the members of my PLN, @cybraryman1 (who has an incredible website, btw), tweeted: “Let us never forget that students still need meaningful relationships with their teachers!” In the middle of retweeting that, I accidentally sent it before I was finished, and it didn’t include his name so it looked like I had written it. Yikes! We spend so much time making sure our students don’t take credit for others’ work, and here I was doing just that. At least, it looked that way. I made sure to send out an immediate correction and an apology to cybraryman. He was very gracious.
It was a good learning experience for me, and I started reflecting on how students could very easily make the same mistake. Instead of getting harsh, we can use those “teachable moments” to ensure that they attend to errors and make any necessary reparations. I just hope everyone is as understanding as cybraryman!
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Posted on January 13th, 2010 at 12:47 am under the category Thoughts. Go ahead, leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
