Chapter 5
The beginning of this chapter discussed how teachers are not adequately trained in technology and what should be done to train these teachers. It discussed how teacher in-services do nothing to train the teacher. I think what is the point of even having an in-service if you are not teaching the teachers something beneficial that they can take back to the classroom. Many teachers are dedicated enough to research on their own and find these technologies, but some teachers don’t even know where to look. If you give teachers a meaningful in-service, the teachers are more likely to participate and gain knowledge from the gathering.
I also liked the part in the chapter that discussed learning communities. The book says that learning communities must have the culture of four characteristics which are 1) a diversity of expertise among its members, 2) a shared objective of continually advancing the collective knowledge and skills, 3) an emphasis on learning how to learn, and 4) mechanics for sharing what is learned. Also a strong feeling of community increasing willingness to share. I believe this to be completely true. For example, our major is a learning community. Before methods, I was already so much more comfortable working with business education majors on projects compared to peers I did not know in my general classes.