“I think all teachers must have times when they’re faced with the decision to continue on the safe road that they know, or radically depart on a way that they believe to be better, but the specific route and outcomes are unknown,” writes Shelley Wright on the excellent educators blog Voices from a Learning Revolution.
In 2002 I did this very important step ALSO and I jumped in with 2 feet on something which nobody tried before in my country, teaching differently where my students were the center and not me! I taught mostly adults and seniors but also some teachers in primary school and primary school classes, it was a big funny experience (but lots of fears also...) BUT I faced IT and I had very good results!
My learners, even 60+ and 70+ learners learned ICT, even that I proudly could say that +/- 96% success was guaranteed, with traditional teaching it wouldn't have been possible...
My pioneer step was a SUCCESS! DO the same, YOU won't regret it! Check also the books I was reading, which helped me a lot:
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/1798/
Check also, multilingual feedback from my learners here:
- http://www.internetmonitor.lu/Experiences-de-Santina-62-ans-dans-l-Internetstuff-ETTELBRUCK-LU_a798.html
Happy and successful teaching ;)