Is it worth it? Does it make a
difference? Time and effort, does it add up to a moral imperative? Educational
leadership and the infusion of “21 Century Skills” need to come to the
realization that we are over a decade in to the “21 Century”! While the adaptation
in to this foreign domain by educators is progressing at a highly calculated,
systemically slow, rate. The harsh reality is that blogging and technological
skillsets in the hands of students operates within a binary system that adults
hold all the “solutions” without a student voice. Moreover, implementation of
technology is a fragment of educator’s moral imperative and a $2000 pencil for
students alike…. All of that to say that we need to embrace the culture in
which we operate and serve. It IS our moral imperative to embrace social
media in order to answer the question of WHY. As an educational system, the
answer of why we need to complete or embrace a certain something should drive
us. Our emotional driver is what will separate the good from great, verses the “what”
and “how”…. Till next time!!!!! Is it worth it?