Countless numbers of library and media specialists continue to do that today. Coordinators like Kathy encourage others to begin to make a mark in their own districts. If they want the latest accurate scoop on what's happening, then I point them to my site to get the answers. His goal of creating and maintaining an Instructional Technology site for his school district was simple. Norm hopes to foster a dialogue among and collaboration of staff members, who in the past only met once a year, at a September kick off breakfast.
Norm believes that too many teachers work in the isolation of their classroom.
Students can't possibly be transported to all the places teachers would like, but technology certainly makes bringing those foreign places into the classrooms viable. By having created a relevant Web site, with a reason for staff to log on, Norm believes he can influence those teachers to bring the world into the classrooms. Some districts have organized a technology system and are committed to making teaching with technology a reality. To this end, some districts have more resources than others. Jim Hirsch heads up an incredible organization.