tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post5932421948230612161..comments2024-03-18T05:43:40.444-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Stay connected this summer by becoming a connected educatorLisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-3451137933931315932012-06-28T00:26:10.020-04:002012-06-28T00:26:10.020-04:00Dear Lisa,
Thank you for sharing Sheryl Nussbaum-...Dear Lisa,<br /> Thank you for sharing Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach’s example of the daily life of a connected educator. It was interesting for me to read the variety of programs highlighted (Facebook, Flickr, Skype, Twitter), as they are all examples of websites or programs that I find myself visiting on a daily basis. It is so easy to extract time from my personal life for viewing and interacting with each website. However, as a teacher, I only (very) occasionally use Skype in an educational manner. This realization highlights the disparity between my personal connectedness and the connectivity I bring into my classroom. It is certainly likely that my ten-year old students are just as involved with these, and many other programs and websites, on a daily basis, too. How backwards it seems that the largest portion of their day, in which they are without access to the internet or a computer, is during the time that they spend in the classroom, supposedly learning and enhancing their knowledge. This certainly has helped me to establish a goal for increasing my “educational connectivity” on a daily basis. Now if only it was easier to tear myself away from Pinterest…Liza Narduccinoreply@blogger.com