THING 22

The Twain Blog and the snippy response to it linked as Dangerously Irrelevant just makes me tired. Why, I ask. Because there is a central core truth to both their arguments that I'd rather not face: I'm busy, but that can't be an excuse.

I am so very grateful that Edina Public Schools provides technology specialists to work on-to-one with teachers to help them through the burgeoning options that kids seem to master in a flash. In 2003 one of my last students asked to use a classroom computer. Why? She wanted to work on her blog. What's that, I asked. She told me, but it has taken until this summer to really find out.

I cannot imagine ever having had time to take this class while teaching. Mr. Professor exhibits little memory of or empathy for the demands on a classroom teacher, yet I grudgingly admit that he is right. Teachers still need to learn, and in my limited exposure as a substitute, it appears to me that in great measure they do. My guess is that this fall will bring department blogs, avatars along with photos on ID badges, and RSS feeds from the Admin. I'll just have to wait and see.