I just came back from doing an evaluation in another school district...I was looking at their technology plan and their implementation strategies for ICT...I found myself speaking with the superintendent of schools there indicating that it was time that they looked for other images of staff development. The approaches that they were using were having some limited success but were not causing the kinds of pedagogical changes that the superintendent hoped for when he initiated this tech plan and spent huge sums of dollars to try to implement the ICT curriculum.

His comment to me initially was to say 'Well we think what we're doing is actually working very well. What would you suggest?' So I directed them to the website of the Galileo Network and I said that you need to understand even the process of including technology outcomes along with curricular outcomes in other areas. You need to see some images of what this could look like with kids because I'm not seeing any of that in your district. And you need to think seriously about coming up with a plan that would see sustained onsite consultation that would provide teachers with the real support to change their practice without feeling threatened or somehow inadequate.

~Jay Pritchard - Associate Superintendent
Foothills School Division

We were trying and reaching but then Galileo came along with knowledge. The practical knowledge of knowing the curriculum, what was available and putting it into action for us...Candace with her multidisciplinary skills to go into the Social Studies class and say 'These are the goals. This is what we want to do. This is the type of project.' Or even take it to the higher level like Sharon Friesen's Survivor Project. We didn't even dare to dream that big because we couldn't do it without them.

~Sharon Horne - High School Teacher
Golden Hills School Division