C4T #1

My C4T assignment was "The Tempered Radical", the author's name is Bill Ferriter. On the first blog post I commented on , Bill was talking about how digital tools help in politics. There was a video that you could watch talking about this. Bill said that by having digital tools , like the computer, social networks, webcams, email, im, and etc all of us United States citizens can communicate together in a much faster way. People can actually talk to one another about things such as politics. You can get the message out much quicker about your views on a certain politician , and then other people can see that and respond in their own ways. I commented that I totally agree that digital tools is necessary. Yes they can be used for political reasons but they are also necessary for the classroom. Children can communicate with other children their age all across the world, and get to see how they are taught and what their point of views are.
The second post I commented on was about Teacher leaders, which is what Bill is a part of, and how they are not given opportunities in their schools to lead and do what they were trained to do. He actually did a survey , I believe he said on about 140 teachers asking if they felt like their schools gave them the opputunity to lead, and if they felt like their administrators cared about the teacher leaders. About 50% said no to both. He also had comments from several teacher leaders, giving their points of view on the matter. Most of them said they felt unappreciated for the time they put in to be a leader,and that they were not being properly compensated. I commented saying that I agree that they should be given the opportunity to lead, especially when they put in the extra time to be called one. The principals should recognize their accomplishments and they should at least be praised for it, and should be properly compensated for their hard work and dedication to the schools.