tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585575228353652460.post1245142062539714427..comments2013-02-11T14:30:28.264-08:00Comments on Free Ranging Ideas: Dealing with the Disruption of ChangeKeith Millardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695431869467274156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585575228353652460.post-45536244705776708632013-02-11T14:30:28.264-08:002013-02-11T14:30:28.264-08:00Also - forgot to mention - but nice post.Also - forgot to mention - but nice post.Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835844233701538387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585575228353652460.post-55082910315312221602013-02-11T14:28:58.035-08:002013-02-11T14:28:58.035-08:00Preaching to the choir with me. But the beauty of ...Preaching to the choir with me. But the beauty of blogging is you get to push back with your own thoughts. So here are the questions rambling in my head.<br /><br />One big question is are we as administrators encouraging and allowing teachers who embrace the change. Even when embracing change sometimes results in failure.<br /><br />Implicit behind the argument to embrace change (well, at least this argument) is that change is progress. The way I read history, we've pretty much been moving the ball forward bit by bit (heck, I'd much rather live now than other time in history).<br /><br />But progress hasn't been a straight line. Lots of failures along the way (just read a bio of Edison who, while inventing gobs of things, had monetary and staying success with few).<br /><br />I sometimes wonder if the current policy trend of "high stakes everything" will push teachers to become more conservative (stick to what they know, circle the wagons) in their teaching. If I find this really cool new app to try with my students - an app that has very little evidence of increasing academic performance because it's so new - will I be willing to try it out if my job might be on the line?<br /><br />And we need the experimenters! We need to get a sense of what actually works with all the new technologies hitting the stage.<br /><br /><br />Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835844233701538387noreply@blogger.com