Kathleen

[Kathleen Edgar]

Hi! I'm Kathleen. I teach K/1 at Borton Primary Magnet School.

I'm enjoying the band this morning :-) Really! I love listening to bands play. I get annoyed when broadcasts of parades on TV cut them off and go to commercials instead.

Taylor introduced me to Nings last summer at SAWP. I tried setting up a similar discussion method with some of my coworkers but they weren't sure how to respond.

Most of the feedback I give my students is verbal.

I really enjoy learning about technology and learning how to use it better.

[Taylor Johnson]

I love the band, too! What exactly happened with your co-workers? I'd be interested to hear more. You might look around on Ning in Education and see if others had similar issues,
Taylor

[Kathleen Edgar]

My co-workers replied in person to my questions! We meant to get together sometime so I could show them how to respond on the Wiki Space but there's never time to do that.

[Victoria Davis]

It never ceases to amaze me that adults are anti-technology, when it could solve so many problems.

Tori

[Kathleen Edgar]

I know. There seems to be a fear factor. I say just jump in and give it a try.

[Sharon K. Miller]

I wonder how k-1 students might handle a Ning? Interesting challenge. I can see that it is a problem to get co-workers involved in this kind of technology because they are not necessarily "digital natives."

[Kathleen Edgar]

I really wish we had more access to updated computers so I could play with this with my students. It would be interesting to see. Even with limited usage, I know many of them are already very technical. Once they learn how to do something on the computer, how to access something or adjust something, they tend to remember.