Cuban Chapter 3

As Cuban stated in the book reasons teachers do not use technology in the classroom, I too see this way too often.  I have been taking technology classes for the past year and 1/2 I have have tried to get my fellow speech therapist to use some in therapy sessions as well with success just recently.  Many teachers have been teaching for so long that they do not like change and feel their way has been working for years (or so they think) so they are not going to change a good thing.  I hate to say it, but these teachers just need to go ahead and retire and let those with new ideas and the gumption to use these ideas a chance to teach.  I have used technology in the my therapy sessions for years, and up until recently many of the therapist that had been in the school system thought I was just being lazy and not wanting to work with the students.  However, several have left the system and with new blood comes new ideas.  Last year the special ed department bought us iPads to use in therapy, and although they would not give us any money to purchase apps (go figure LOL) we have found many free or really cheap ones to use with our kids not only in articulation therapy but language as well - they beg to use the iPad and I have been seen improvement withmany of the kids.