It seems imperative that we encourage all teachers to learn all the time, every day Technology training for teachers ought to be more like sex education. If we really want to educate teachers to think about and apply technology to radically improve education, we will inevitably challenge the basis of our system. Obviously it is easier to stay in the training business.
Education is much riskier.
Unlike many corporations that place a high premium on their professionals' capacity to learn and apply new skills, education has no tradition for valuing the teacher as lifetime learner. Although money is a major barrier to quality staff development, it is not the only one. My students need me, and it will take days to recover from having a sub in class. I used to think this was an admirable position. If we can't leave students for a few days or even a week without the process becoming totally disrupted, maybe there is something wrong with the model that perpetuates students' overdependence on a teacher for learning.