Comments on: It is easy to talk to nodding heads http://projectsbyjen.com/blog/?p=1232 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:57:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jen Wagner http://projectsbyjen.com/blog/?p=1232#comment-1287 Jen Wagner Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:11:37 +0000 http://jenuinetech.com/blog/?p=1232#comment-1287 @Carolyn Nope, sorry, don't follow @pjhiggins -- but interesting that many of our thoughts are going in the same way. @Greg I agree and feel what you say is 100% accurate. If teachers are just sitting back thinking "this too shall pass"....based on prior circumstances. What will make them see that this is not just another fad? Jen @Carolyn
Nope, sorry, don’t follow @pjhiggins — but interesting that many of our thoughts are going in the same way.

@Greg
I agree and feel what you say is 100% accurate. If teachers are just sitting back thinking “this too shall pass”….based on prior circumstances. What will make them see that this is not just another fad?
Jen

]]> By: Carolyn Foote http://projectsbyjen.com/blog/?p=1232#comment-1286 Carolyn Foote Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:55:41 +0000 http://jenuinetech.com/blog/?p=1232#comment-1286 You must have been following @pjhiggins comments as well, about ISTE. He was wondering how we can get "regular teachers" to attend instead of us, the choir, so to speak! And how to help them have a positive experience. He and Karl Fisch were batting around some excellent ideas! You must have been following @pjhiggins comments as well, about ISTE. He was wondering how we can get “regular teachers” to attend instead of us, the choir, so to speak! And how to help them have a positive experience. He and Karl Fisch were batting around some excellent ideas!

]]> By: Greg Dhuyvetter http://projectsbyjen.com/blog/?p=1232#comment-1285 Greg Dhuyvetter Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:11:14 +0000 http://jenuinetech.com/blog/?p=1232#comment-1285 Amen, (whoops, I look like one more nodding head!). The greatest difficulty I have with faculty tech development is not the people who fight me. I enjoy a spirited debate and it gives me a chance to convince (or be convinced). Rather it is the silent majority who are persistent in their conviction that nothing is really changing and they can passively wait out anything I may tell them (I suppose this is the place to insert the frog in boiling water metaphor. Unfortunately too often my response to this is to take silence as assent and not address it. Until this majority is moved out of their comfort space, they will not become vocal. So maybe a subtle comment like, "We really need to decide whether we even need to have schools anymore..." might move a few passive educators toward real engagement.:) Amen, (whoops, I look like one more nodding head!).

The greatest difficulty I have with faculty tech development is not the people who fight me. I enjoy a spirited debate and it gives me a chance to convince (or be convinced). Rather it is the silent majority who are persistent in their conviction that nothing is really changing and they can passively wait out anything I may tell them (I suppose this is the place to insert the frog in boiling water metaphor.

Unfortunately too often my response to this is to take silence as assent and not address it.

Until this majority is moved out of their comfort space, they will not become vocal.

So maybe a subtle comment like, “We really need to decide whether we even need to have schools anymore…” might move a few passive educators toward real engagement.:)

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