Many of our teachers who are using technology and social media in their classrooms have had to work within their schools to raise awareness about enabling access to the Internet. Do you have any fellow teachers in your district who could work with you to do this? At the very least, you could use some of the examples of the teachers & students described here (and there are many others!) to help raise awareness about how powerful — and necessary — this kind of authentic, connected learning can be. I wish you the best of luck.

When I read the examples of how teachers integrate ICTs in their classroom all I can think about is 1) how Awesome, authentic & fun it must be and 2) how disadvantaged our schools are in Qld Australia. We have the tools to do all those things; however, they’re mostly all BLOCKED!