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For those interested in working with PTAs
by Devorah Heitner on Edutopia:
Empathy and Research: Engaging Parents With Tech Initiatives
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
Everything seems to be going well with your "connected learning" initiative -- until you get your first angry email from a parent. Or a group of irate parents attends a school board meeting. Or you get requests to opt out before the initiative is even off the ground.
What's going wrong? Don't these people value 21st-century education? How far would they get at work without their computers? Instead of reacting defensively to the criticism that parents express -- or offering to send home blanket statements about how much students will benefit -- it's worth doing some research to better understand parents' concerns. My own research suggests that these are some of parents' top concerns about kids and technology. It's well worth the effort to find out...
(click to see the 6 Dos and Don'ts)
(click to see the 6 Dos and Don'ts)
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