Battling Technology...

As a self proclaimed techno junkie I am the first to jump onto anything new I can bring into the classroom to engage the students in new ways. The biggest challenge is for me to bring other staff members into the techno world. Some of my fellow staff members are so set in their ways that they don't even want to hear about the new technology out there that might really engage their students. As technology and our students grow in technology we are becoming more stewards to the world for our students. We need for teachers to also let students run with the technology and help others to learn it in the classroom. Students can be our greatest assets in integrating our classrooms and finding new ways to learn with technology. I ask teachers on a daily basis what are you doing or have you used this new software? I go out and find new things for people to try in order to engage them more but even that is too much technology for them. Teachers are going to have to begin embrace technology or begin to fall behind.