Shift Happens ... and is happening now.
My passion is to be leading the shift.
How long will educators continue to teach in an ancient language? Today's digital natives have grown up with digital technology such as computers, the Internet, mobile phones and MP3. Educator's today are digital immigrant, individuals who grew up without digital technology and adopted it later. The language they speak is no longer the same.
Is the digital gap between the haves and have nots ... or is it really between the digital Natives and digital immigrants? Many educational institutions are in need of upgrading. Most schools now have some form of technology, many schools are proud of their student to computer ratios. Our hardware is in place, we're wired and ready to go. But ... what happened to our leaders, our educators, are they ready to meet the challenge.
I have worked in international schools for the last 25 years. For years, most of them have been wired with the latest and greatest hardware and software. Yet, they're still at the starting gate, There has not been the expected institutional shift, the paradigm shift that needs to happen. Our leaders and classroom teachers have not received the necessary professional development necessary to compete with industry today. Our brightest and best are leaving our schools so their voice may be heard.
This is my goal, this is my passion ... to train teachers and students in the effective use of technology. Now is the time to make the paradigm shift. To encourage and walk with educators into the next generation of learning. It is imperative to think a whole new way, to talk a new talk, to walk a new walk with students. Educators must (not just need) to communicate with their students in a whole new way.