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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

School Tech Connect: Use The Technology

School Tech Connect: Use The Technology

Use The Technology

I have suggested this before, but as my mother once told me, "If you keep saying things on your blog, they will come true." So here goes again.

It is long past time for our state associations to crowdsource the lobbying efforts. The model they have now is the same as it was in 1980: lobby days, frantic calls for letters. It's fine, but we've been living in the MeetUp generation since 2001 and people are ready to use the technology.

The IEA and IFT should let members opt-in to a database that allows them to see the contact information of other members who reside in the same legislative and senate districts. It would be very easy to