Comments on: Obstacles to Opportunities “Creating a Paradigm Shift in Technology” https://k12onlineconference.org/2007/10/26/obstacles-to-opportunities-creating-a-paradigm-shift-in-technology/ archived presentations 2006 - 2017 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:50:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Mike Arsenault https://k12onlineconference.org/2007/10/26/obstacles-to-opportunities-creating-a-paradigm-shift-in-technology/#comment-1722 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:50:54 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=204#comment-1722 Thanks for sharing the great work being done in your district. Have you found your policy of providing new technology to teachers who use it has allowed your non-users to stay that way?

]]> By: Kevin H. https://k12onlineconference.org/2007/10/26/obstacles-to-opportunities-creating-a-paradigm-shift-in-technology/#comment-1721 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:13:59 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=204#comment-1721 Thanks for sharing — great presentation and it’s nice that you have such a supportive administration to the work that you do.

Kevin

]]> By: Janice Friesen https://k12onlineconference.org/2007/10/26/obstacles-to-opportunities-creating-a-paradigm-shift-in-technology/#comment-1720 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:52:51 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=204#comment-1720 Shawn,

Thanks for this presentation. I think you have hit the hammer right on the head with the paradigm shift idea. I am working in a district VERY similar to yours as a Campus Technology Coordinator. The Eanes district is a small district near the Austin ISD which is a huge city district. There is terrific support for technology at the district level.

Each one of our schools has someone in my role (CTC-campus technology coordinator). The main point you make that SUPPORT is what makes the difference NOT the amount of equipment is so true. Of course, there has to be enough functioning equipment and a robust network for anything to happen, but you can have that without support and have the computers unused.

I got some good ideas from your talk.

Thanks so much,

Janice Friesen

p.s. I first tried to look at the video and inspite having a good wireless connection and a new machine it never did stream fast enough for me to keep watching it. I did listen to the audio when I finally gave up!

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