I have put three or four posts out on Twitter asking for fellow educators to give me just one important tech integration tip ... one that I will then share with fellow teachers in a PD class (Information Literacy Meets Web 2.0). I phrased my request as 'best practices' or as 'tips' and so far have gotten only links to various (really good!) apps to use with kids. As useful as those will be, they are not what I was looking for. I wanted to find some succinct, concise, bullet-pointed list of those very basic 'have-to' bits of knowledge or attitude or strategy that every tech-using teacher just must put into practice to be effective. I've searched the Internet, searched through Delicious, joined two new Nings, looked at web sites for various ed tech organizations, and so on ... and my quest has not yet produced the desired list.
So ... maybe I'm looking for something that does not exist? Perhaps I'm seeking to over simplify tech integration to the point that my little list would be meaningless, useless, and not reflective of the intricate, messy, confusing, and ultimately satisfying process that will help students learn. Or ... the other possibility is that I just haven't found the right key words yet or the exact right source! So I will keep looking. Or ... maybe I'll have to create that list myself!
