It's a flakey world

(wrote this quite a while ago, and now I'm wondering if we have made any progress in using these tools this year)


Just finished with guiding 8 classes of freshmen and one class of juniors through setting up their own web portal. For now, it's a pretty toy for the most part, but with the steps we're taking in trying to really use the technology in transformative ways, it should become more and more useful to them.

It's one of those chicken and egg moments. Do we wait until their teachers begin making assignments and asking for research that demands an understanding of and use of a variety of web tools, or do we introduce the tools to students (and thereby teachers)