next-ed » BBB http://nexted.edublogs.org connected learning in a web 2.0 world Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:57:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Last thoughts http://nexted.edublogs.org/2009/06/09/las-thoughts/ http://nexted.edublogs.org/2009/06/09/las-thoughts/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:42:05 +0000 Greg Elliott http://nexted.edublogs.org/?p=47 I am thinking that the major impediment to the creative use of ICT in the classroom is neither the technology, nor the capacity of teachers, which is growing daily.  The major obstacle is actually teacher self-concept.  How we conceive of ourselves and our role in our classroom will determine the limits of our creativity.

So, if we finally decide that we are not required to master the technology, and only master the teaching, we can be liberated to be the best teachers we can be.  I don’t know about you, but I did not sign up to be a computer programmer: I am a teacher.

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