I opted to reblog this article mostly because of the author’s down-to-earth and pragmatic views. By simply questioning why anyone would choose to ignore the potential advantages technology offers in favour of centuries old customs, he defangs most of the counterproductive rhetoric that impedes collaboration and cooperation in education related communities.
The latest big thing in education is getting educators connected. The Department of Education is even declaring the month of October as Connected Educators’ Month to place an emphasis on and using, information, sources, and recruitment as key components in supporting a goal of connecting educators.
What is a connected educator? As a generalization, defining anything for educators is always a task, since educators try to make all definitions as inclusive and complete as possible to account for any contingency. It is as if someone can point out an exception to the rule, the definition must be flawed. As a result some bloggers try to qualify definitions in order to accommodate skeptical, or questioning educators. With that in mind, this is my definition of a connected educator. If it does not suit you make up your own. For me a connected educator is one who uses technology and social media…
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