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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Disqus - Latest Comments for vale360</title><link>http://disqus.com/by/vale360/</link><description></description><atom:link href="http://disqus.com/vale360/comments.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:13:49 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Open Letter to the Teacher Who Said &amp;#8220;I Hate Technology.&amp;#8221;</title><link>http://ecologyofeducation.net/wsite/open-letter-to-the-teacher-who-said-i-hate-technology/#comment-20791332</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Good points and excellent comments too.&lt;br&gt;Hate often equals fear (and the "oh no it's not a chalkboard, which icon do I click?" feeling of panic is common, with training and support I've found that most teacher's can cope with yes, the huge shifts in "ownership" of learning. Training ensures that educators can also be gently accompanied in developing the new skills that technology-enhanced learning demands as well as participating in healthy balanced discussions on uses or abuses and of course their feelings too.&lt;br&gt;So yes, hate often equals oh my what a lot of effort and change is needed? &lt;br&gt;Together let's reduce the fear factor and help the multiple flow of learning.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">vale360</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:13:49 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>