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Jennifer,
It is a shame that the tech forum is now dead. I agree that the sharing of
ideas, concerns, etc. across a wide variety of educators (from principals to
parents) will be missed.
The help desk email was too late to warn me about the 4:00 Ed Tech meeting
replacing the tech forum. What I saw was good intentions to set up a system
of teacher training. It might work.
What I didn't hear/sense was a sharing of ideas, but rather I heard
explanations of how it will be from the district's point of view. I had
flashes of images from the movie "Brazil" and then I left.
Kevin
Kevin Crozier
3rd Grade Teacher
Lowell Elementary School
kbcrozier@seattleschools.org
http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/lowell/kevin/index.htm
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> From: Jennifer Meltzer
> Reply To: tictech@learningspace.org
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 4:41 PM
> To: tictech@learningspace.org
> Subject: tictech: Exchange of Tech Info for those in the trenches at
> schools
>
> -tictech message:
>
> It would be disheartening to hear that the Ed Tech meetings are exclusive.
> I was afraid that our information was going to come to a stop last year
> when
> Charlie said he couldn't afford to provide staff for forum minutes. And
> then there were no forums. I can't express how important those meetings
> were to our understanding of the bigger picture - which is what we all
> need
> to understand in order to take care of the technology. Then I recently
> noticed that the inside.seattleschools site will become an intranet. So
> that leaves only tic-tech for someone like myself. With the lack of
> budget
> for technical talent, I don't think it's wise to cut out the volunteers
> and
> free-hours folks who are keeping things running. Parents, uncompensated
> staff, u-wired, etc. We need to share knowledge & best practices. We
> need
> to support one another so we can do this for the kids. Thank you to Mark
> for tictech@learningspace
>
> Jennifer Meltzer
> AS#1 Tech Group Coordinator, Parent Volunteer
> meltzer_jennifer@msn.com
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