Administrative Carousel
The administrative carousel is spinning. Round and round it goes, where it stops? Nobody knows. At least that's my experience in getting my wiki approved for classroom use.
The director of technology "doesn't have a problem" with students using this wiki; however, permission needs to be attained from the building principal and superintendent. In a brief explanation, the director explained that he deals with computers and servers; this issue is better answered by someone with a background in curriculum and pedagogy.
A week later...
The principal hasn't replied to my email. The superintendent passed the inquiry along to the assistant superintendent who will report back.
A week later...
The assistant super "doesn't have a problem" with students using the wiki; however, she defers the decision back to director of technology to review for safety concerns.
Back where I started- another spin around the administrative carousel.
A week later... and I haven't heard from any of the above mentioned administrators. I'm willing to pressure the issue for a response. Any response, even a "not at this time".
How have other public school teachers fared with obtaining the necessary permission to bring new uses for technology into the classroom? My situation can't be all that unique.
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I've been finding some success in introducing schools to Moodle. Schools can put the open source program onto their servers. (It's free!) You then have more control over the program, and it has blogs, wikis, etc. all included. It was specifically created for k-12 teachers, so it has tons of security and control measures built into it.
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