I am the media specialist whose comment you chose to include in your post. I am in Northwest Georgia, and I am looking forward to hearing you at the Georgia Ed. Tech. Conference in a couple of weeks.

I have read your work for quite a while. I use you as a reference frequently. I am working on finding reasons why filtering is overdone in so many school systems. CIPA is plainly vague (mostly concerned with images not verbage), so as not to restrict access to information.

Two things strike me; 1) not many teachers are familiar with the CIPA (or DOPA) contents, and 2) school leaders and Tech Departments find it easier to restrict than to inform and train teachers. In the long run, it is the students who suffer, and suffer being ill-prepared for their future.

I hope to meet you in Atlanta. Thanks for inspiring so many of us.

I work in the field of Assistive Technology, and I see a familiar theme here – it’s great that we have the tools to use, but how do overcome the barriers (many of which are similar to those listed in the survey) to using them effectively in the classroom? Implementation is one of the biggest challenges I face.

This post from Will Richardson has the results of a survey he conducted from his blog. I found these two questions interesting: Question 4: Which of the following tools do you currently employ in your professional/classroom practice? * Weblog: 92%……

In regard to question 3, I responded with parents but only because there was no option to choose more than one.

Around our area, more and more parents are becoming aware of web 2.0 tools because their agencies and businesses are experimenting with them. Parents potentially bring some major leverage with them to enable the use of these real-world applications in the classroom.

However, the real answer should be all of the above since we need all parties involved in education to understand what’s happening with web 2.0 and how it affects teaching and learning.