The Academia Gap and the New Philosophers
Joel Adkins,
The TWAIN Blog,
Jul 14, 2008
Joel Adkins opens his post with a memory of his grad school days when they discussed "The gap between research and application of the research to the classroom." He is starting to see a similar gap between classroom teachers and the "new upper echelon of education technologists and bloggers out there." The evangelism of the edtech bloggers is getting out of hand - "I am in the field. I know the push. I do. But frankly, it is getting embarrassing. I have tried most of the tools and even found a few I like personally. However, I don't think most of my teachers would really give a flying flip about most of them or the conversations we are having." He concludes with an apparent shot across the bow at the work habits of many in the ed-tech crowd: "I wish I could Twitter and Plurk all day too. I wish I could research blogs and contribute to the online conversation like they do. I wish I could Ustream and connect with this global philosophy shift in live streaming. I wish I could participate in their witty and fun conversations and travel tips they share all day and night." etc, etc.
"But I can't. I have to work." -BD (hat tip to Scott McLeod)
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