[IAEP] FW: More from the discussion Caught in a Ponzi scheme

[Caryl Bigenho]

I know some of you know Yama.  You might like to read his addition to the discussion from the SG. ;-)
Caryl

> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:32:45 -0500
> From: yamaplos at bolinux.org
> To: support-gang at lists.laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [support-gang] Fwd: Caught in a Ponzi scheme
> 
> Oh my, so many quotables...
> I'll cut mercilessly, pleace bear with me :-)
> 
> > You must, I can't emphasize the must enough, get solid support for 
> > teachers for any innovation in education. 
> 
> Buy in is, like, totally vital. 
> Doesn't happen by blah blah, but by teachers actually noticing - 
> themselves - that ICTs work
> 
> > They must see it as something they can easily do, something that will 
> > help them be better teachers (*but not make more work for them *
> I am so much for positioning ICTs as something that will make a 
> teacher's job *easier* as a way to make it *better*.   Simply cannot 
> laugh too much at people who want teachers to spend *more* time 
> preparing lessons now that they have ICTs in the classrooom...
> > that will improve their students achievement levels (testing and 
> > evaluation come in here),
> 'cause that is what the rules are made out of. 
> Change the rules, first, then maybe we can go to another pattern of 
> valuing what is useful.
> > and above all, fun for both them and their students. Remember, 
> > learning should be fun and teachers are "Master Learners."
> ooops, Caryl, we are exceptions.  Just IMHO
> >
> > To do this, there must be excellent planning.  This seems to have been 
> > done in Peru where the teacher training resources online (finally) are 
> > excellent.  One really great plan that can be localized does fit all.
> I'll have to take a look at that
> >
> > There is a great old saying that was one of my mantras as a teacher: 
> > "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."
> >
> neat
> > Sorry for the rant, but I obviously feel very strongly about this.
> >
> much appreciated
> > Caryl
> >
> > > are talking about "setting small fires that will set the forest
> > > ablaze".
> ooh, unhappy metaphor, I have no knowledge that something that has good 
> results in mind can come out of the vagaries of a forest fire...
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