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One of the ways I think we can get the word out is by aggregating interesting, valuable articles (via RSS) on our main CoreWEB resource site and in some of the online professional development courses we are running with our teachers. By putting relevant information in places that people already frequent, we get greater likelihood of click-thru. This is especially true of teachers, who are notoriously a curious bunch. The effect of this can probably be accentuated as we restrict the display of articles to items relevant to what the user is currently viewing.

Another way to read this title is: Getting the word out to the classroom teacher

I have been thinking how we could better disseminate our technology integration best practices ideas to the teachers in our district. This is one of the hardest challenges I face right now. How do we get the good ideas and spread them around so more can benefit from them? Even in my own working group that is a challenging thing to do with each other (and most often falls to the back of a crowded agenda - read: we rarely get to that agenda item). My next two posts highlight two ideas I have to had and

I recently was reading through a backlog of Will Richardson's posts and came across one that struck a cord that I felt I needed to express.

His post about his NECC workshop, titled Empowering Practice: Leveraging the Read/Write Web for Professional Growth, highlights in his approach from applying Read/Write Web concepts to classroom practice towards a greater emphasis on professional practice among educators.