Have you worked in a school where some teachers have a lot of knowledge regarding technology? Now think about the teacher who would much rather use paper and pencil in a heartbeat than turn on a computer? Do you know any teachers who are reluctant to implementing technology in their everyday lives? Tonight in class, I read an article in Education World called Encouraging Teacher Technology Use, that includes ideas for incentives to get teachers involved in implementing technology IN their instruction.
What are your thoughts about incentives to teaching/implementing technology in your classroom? What if you were told you had to implement technology in your class with at least three computer lab visits within a six week period, use your technology cart to project a lesson onto the big screen at least twice a month, etc.??? How about demonstrating the use of technology in one of your observations?
So I ask ~ Would you follow through or more likely to become the reluctant teacher?
Please share your thoughts through comments.
