Technology is a huge fear for a greater number of teachers than we realize. As teachers use it more often and expose themselves to the very same applications that their students are using, yes, I think we will see a gradual change. My experience working with teachers shows me that they need confidence that a) the technology will work when they are introducing it to the students, and b) what they do will not in some way bite them in the ass later on in terms of CIPA or other copyright laws.

I am all for rule #10, and that is our biggest block. The rest, especially the problem of teacher the students how to ask critical questions, has been addressed in different formats over the past 20 years. We just need to re-evaluate it to fit our current paradigm.

Thanks for turning me on to the “Manifesto.”