Great article Tony.

Its nice to see teachers who really like what they do. That seems to be normal with teachers who post on this blog, and the teachers I met in November at the conference.

I've seen several classrooms where the teachers, putting in nicely, were not really engaged. I was in a classroom, briefly, where the teacher said she agrees to have education students observe so she can tell the student how it really is and encourage them to change career paths.

I don't get that sense from teachers in the handheld community. I don't get that sense from the teachers who really go out and try to do interesting things.

I think I have the ability to make either a very positive or a very negative reality for myself. I think there's quite a few people who don't realize that.

Dale

posted by  Anonymous at Saturday, December 10, 2005 7:02:00 AM

I think more likely than not, that teachers who pursue using handhelds for learning are outstanding educators. They're not happy with the status-quo and want to make their lessons engaging for kids. At least, that's what I have noticed through working with handheld-using educators (and those that want to be one).

posted by  Tony Vincent at Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:02:00 PM