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Teach an Old Dog January 31, 2008

Posted by Matthew Woolums in Articles/Videos, Opinion.
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Pete Reilly, on Ed Tech Journeys, explores the preconception many of us (myself included) that older teachers are less likely to integrate technology into their teaching practices. Turns out that veteran teachers are actually more likely to say that technology has changed the way they teach. This reminds me of two teachers I met my first year of teaching.

One of them actually taught my cousin (who is older than I am) when he was in first grade. She was a wonderful teacher who spent time learning about this new computer thing even though she was going to retire in a few years.

The other teacher, who retired about the same time and had about the same experience, did not want to use the computer and insisted that we were wasting our time and resources with something this expensive that could be better taught in the workforce in about two weeks. She had a point actually. Teaching ‘computer’ was and still is short-sided. Leveraging technology to teach and learn is not.

http://preilly.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/fact-or-fiction-are-older-teachers-slow-to-adopt-technology/

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