In our system, we're fortunate enough to have a position for computer lab (me), so our teachers just rely on me to teach the technology skills. Maybe if they were also required to teach them...
I see your point. We are required to earn 12 hours of Continuing Education Units each year in order to renew our certificates. I was giving them an hour credit for each workshop (even if we only stayed 30-45 minutes.) They wouldn't have to go…
I've had afterschool programs to teach a technology tool with little participation. I would only keep them an hour. A lot of teachers just don't WANT to learn. It's a shame.
I have classroom folders set up on our network for students to save their work into so they can access it from any computer. Our tech folks were nice enough to create a Student section of our server just for my lab. I have a folder for each…
With your work in Technology for your elementary school, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service.
Here’s a Public Class on Technology Integration you might be interested in given by Nellie Deutsch.