Today our principal, IT director, and IT coordinator had a meeting. One of the agenda items was whether or not certain tools such as social bookmarking sites should be standardized so that students, teachers and parents don't get overwhelmed or frustrated by the number of different sites they have to be familiar with. I get the point. I really do and at the same time, I feel a little sad. Until now, we've had a lot of freedom to try new programs in our classroom. Many turn out to be not that wonderful but just as many turn out to be fabulous - but without the freedom to try, how will we know? And without the innovative initiatives of teachers willing to get their feet wet, how will we grow?
Maybe the process of clearing new initiatives through IT will be required before we can try innovative projects and maybe that isn't a bad thing. Maybe it will lead to better communication between teachers and IT. Maybe it will only lead to more support and fewer redundancies. All that would be good - as long as it doesn't lead to snuffing of innovation.
In any case, I'm happy. We're going with Diigo over Del.icio.us. Woohoo!
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