cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Tawheed Manzoor “You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay ...
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sometimes get these secret emails or direct messages from some pretty amazing thinkers in education, talking about how they feel really constrained by the leadership in their schools. Sometimes after speaking, I get teachers in near tears thinking of “what could be” in their schools if only their administrators started reading blogs, looking at twitter; just something to push their learning. It seriously hurts to see the pain in the eyes of these teachers because they just want to do what is best for kids, yet they are feeling extremely constrained. They feel they are not in a situation where they can serve students in the way they feel would help them best in the future. The paradox that they face is that they stay and be frustrated or leave and feel they have abandoned students that need their help. This is an extremely tough situation.
The misconception for many is that if you start using social media, you are focusing on “technology” and not really what is important in schools. I will be terribly honest; every time I am referred to as the “tech guy”, I cringe on the inside (and sometimes on the outside as well). I am very comfortable with technology, yet I am extremely focused on school/district culture, building relationships, leadership and learning. Those are my passion areas. My use of social media helps me learn about those things, not just about technology.