49 Captive Superintendents–One Message
We get the chance to address 49 Superintendents in Upstate NY and want to show them the power and potential of the Read/Write Web, what teachers and students are already doing, and the obstacles we need to discuss. If you had 90 minutes with this group, what one key challenge or message would you focus on?
We get the chance to address 49 Superintendents in Upstate NY on Thursday. We’ve got some ideas of what we plan to show them about the power and potential of the Read/Write Web, about what teachers and students are already doing, and about the obstacles that we need to begin having serious conversations about. But we’re wondering, if you had 90 minutes with this group, what one thing would you bring up/point to/challenge them with? What would be your most important message?
Chime in before Wednesday because we would love to point them to this post during our talk.
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