Here's an interesting post from Terry Freedman about why British teachers are so slow to catch on to the idea of blogging. Thanks to Mark Berthelemy for the pointer.
I have a few ideas of my own about the matter - some of which would probably get me into trouble, being somewhat unflattering to the British education system. I heartily agree with most of what Terry has to say, however, and it worries me even more as a parent than it does as a learning professional.
However, there are some of us who are expending a great deal of energy to change things. On a professional level, I am involved in developing a pilot workshop to address this very thing. On a personal level, I am inundating every teacher friend and acquaintance I have with links to blogs and sites about blogging in education. I haven't quite reached the stage where people have begun to cross the street when they see me coming, but it isn't for want of trying!
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