Classroom Tech

I sat in a meeting the other day to discuss new ideas for teaching students vocabulary. A man showed us how to create vocabulary briefcases, which involved using a manilla folder and notecards. Listening to his idea it occured to me that we haven't changed a thing in many years. All our ideas we kicked around were the same ideas we have been kicking for the last 6 years I have been a teacher. So the next day I emailed a frustrated email to all the members of the meeting and discused how we should be more inovative. I think I stepped on some toes, but I am tired of talking about the same old thing. I challenged them to integrate more technollogy into the classroom. Instead of keeping kids after school for tutoring, how about creating online learning communities students could access at home. The plan backfired and I was challenged to create the first lesson in all my free time. But I supposed I should be the leader of this movement.