I was reminded of a story I heard at the web 2.0 conference last fall. There was a student who was unable to go to school for a long period because of a sickness. The teacher hooked her up to the class via skype and it turned into a very positive thing for all of the students.
I’m thinking that I’d like to create a teacher id on skype and have all of my grade 9 students register with me next year so that I can skype them into my class if they’re at home and would like to hear what’s going on in class.
Here is a great attitude towards IT. Being open and excited to learn new things is a great attitude towards life and especially for teachers. As teachers, our excitement about learning gets passed on to our students.
