How do we collaborate? How do we learn? How do current and emerging technologies help us do both? How can we educators help students learn how to use current and emerging technologies for collaboration? Big questions--no easy answers.
Out of these questions came Collabucators - my attempt to explore this topic. I did a few posts, took a hiatus from the blog (okay, it's a l-o-o-n-g hiatus) as the pressures of both coursework and a full time job as an ICT director in an International school in South America consumed my time.
I am now taking a hiatus from the working world to focus on learning full time and to finish my dissertation, and I need a place to think. The Collabucators blog turns out to be a good spot. While you will sometimes see random ramblings, I will try to move past the "I think" to "I think and here is how and why those thoughts agree or disagree with the thoughts of other writings and other research."
A bit about me--I am a teacher. Who started as, and still is, an engineer. Who became an ICT Director because I could affect the lives of more children. But I am a teacher.
For my dissertation, I am examining ubiquitous access programs where students chose their own device. These are sometimes known as BYOT (Bring Your Own Tech), BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), Y'all come, or the Starbucks Model. Do you know of such a program? Let me know. If you think you are doing something really forward-thinking in your school, let me know. I intend to visit schools as part of my research, and I would love to add your school to the list.
