The Recycled Teacher

      This week we learned a lot about technology and emerging technologies.  There is an ocean of tools for online teachers to use in their little ponds.  When we go fishing for these tools we find the amount of Web 2.0 tools plentiful but overwhelming.   We also find the cost of some of these tools overwhelming.    E-Books and kindles were part of a lively discussion and many teachers are not hooked on this new way to read books. Not so for some of our children who instead of taking handwritten notes photograph the instructor’s notes or use their blackberries to develop personal relationships.   They are comfortable in the ocean and easily surf the waves of emerging technology.  The State of California is comfortable with online text and is spear heading an open source textbook project to cut the costs of traditional textbooks.  I guess there are two ways of looking at costs, as the cost of traditional school supplies rise too!