This request comes from Jim Daly of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, though the award is being co-sponsored by Yahoo! Teachers:
The 2007 Mashup “Totally Wired Teacher Award” will honor a trailblazing teacher who has successfully pioneered the innovative and educational use of social media (blogs, wikis, social networking, photo/video sharing) in the classroom. The award-winner likely had to overcome challenges from parents and administrators in order to use the technology, but because they understand how students use social media outside of school, they persevered with their initiative and worked collaboratively with students, ultimately sharing their insight and knowledge with the larger teaching community.
If you have anyone in mind, send their names, titles, etc. and a paragraph or two as to why they are deserving to jdaly@edutopia.org. The sooner the better. Thanks!
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I think it’s kind of funny that they have already written the story before they have a winner!
“had to overcome challenges from parents and administrators in order to use the technology, but because they understand how students use social media outside of school, they persevered with their initiative and worked collaboratively with students, ultimately sharing their insight and knowledge with the larger teaching community.”
Well, no, Sylvia….we haven’t “already written the story,” as you suggest. In fact, we aren’t writing a story about this. We’re just helping Yahoo find a teacher who is deserving of this award, and nominees should fit the description they provided. Anyway, we’re supportive of Yahoo’s efforts to tip our caps to those who so infrequently get credit for changing lives. So we thought we’d help.
Yeah, those darn administrators… 🙂