Comments on: Teachers Discovering the Musician Within: GarageBand is Key http://beyond-school.org/2007/09/21/teachers-discovering-the-musician-within-garageband-is-key/ More education. Less schooliness. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:35:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Kim Cofino http://beyond-school.org/2007/09/21/teachers-discovering-the-musician-within-garageband-is-key/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Kim Cofino Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:00:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=350#comment-533 Clay, <br/><br/>I totally agree with your statement:<br/><br/>"maybe teaching teachers to think of computers and tech as tools for their profession should come later; maybe encouraging them to discover their own empowerment and pleasure, their own inner do-er and creator of whatever sort - writer, artists, composer, photographer, radio host, filmmaker, cartoonist, on and on and on - maybe that's the key to converting the Old Dogs."<br/><br/>It's only by understanding the potential of these tools for their own personal learning will they understand the potential for their classroom. <br/><br/>I guess all this really means is that we have to personalize learning for the teachers, just like we do for the students... Who would have thought? ;) Clay,

I totally agree with your statement:

“maybe teaching teachers to think of computers and tech as tools for their profession should come later; maybe encouraging them to discover their own empowerment and pleasure, their own inner do-er and creator of whatever sort - writer, artists, composer, photographer, radio host, filmmaker, cartoonist, on and on and on - maybe that’s the key to converting the Old Dogs.”

It’s only by understanding the potential of these tools for their own personal learning will they understand the potential for their classroom.

I guess all this really means is that we have to personalize learning for the teachers, just like we do for the students… Who would have thought? ;)

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