Comments on: The 2.0 Riptide http://ovcblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/the-20-riptide/ Kaizen Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ovcblog http://ovcblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/the-20-riptide/#comment-45 ovcblog Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:08:34 +0000 http://ovcblog.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-45 @techchick94 You are absolutely correct. That is how you said it and that is what I meant as well. I did not type it correctly. Thanks for you comments. I have enjoyed your podcasts. @techchick94
You are absolutely correct. That is how you said it and that is what I meant as well. I did not type it correctly.

Thanks for you comments. I have enjoyed your podcasts.

]]> By: techchick94 http://ovcblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/the-20-riptide/#comment-44 techchick94 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:24:24 +0000 http://ovcblog.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-44 I love the poster you created--great visual to get teachers thinking. I did want to make one clarification--you mentioned a quote from our podcast about technology being integrated not integral. I think we said it the other way around (and if we didn't, we sure meant to!). What we were trying to say is that for years, we've told teachers to integrate technology--add it to what they were doing to enhance instruction. But now, technology is ubiquitous-an accepted and oft times crucial presence in so much of what we do. So it can no longer be integrated, but instead must be integral--just a seamless part of everything we do with kids--another tool, but one that can't be separated out. It's an essential piece that completes the picture of what students should be doing in the classroom because it is such a big part of not just their lives, but the world we live in. Thanks for listening and for your thoughtful post. I love the poster you created–great visual to get teachers thinking.

I did want to make one clarification–you mentioned a quote from our podcast about technology being integrated not integral. I think we said it the other way around (and if we didn’t, we sure meant to!). What we were trying to say is that for years, we’ve told teachers to integrate technology–add it to what they were doing to enhance instruction. But now, technology is ubiquitous-an accepted and oft times crucial presence in so much of what we do. So it can no longer be integrated, but instead must be integral–just a seamless part of everything we do with kids–another tool, but one that can’t be separated out. It’s an essential piece that completes the picture of what students should be doing in the classroom because it is such a big part of not just their lives, but the world we live in.

Thanks for listening and for your thoughtful post.

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