What happens when the pawn is the expert? You may expect the “King” to move the pawn into a spot where their knowledge and strengths are utilized to benefit of the rest of the players on the chess board. That has not been my experience but here is my story.
I have been working with iPod touches in classrooms for over two years now and our district is just now starting to think about leveraging mobile technology in education. Schools, teachers, and departments are going to be able to apply to a “grant-like” project. I have and continue to try and work with people to make this project successful. Instead I feel like I am merely obstructing the more powerful pieces behind me who are blitzing to the other side of the chessboard like that is some kind of educational finish line.
A committee (which I serve on) has been given the task of making this project happen but have been given no authority to actually get the job done. This committee of pawns wants nothing more than to work together to produce something worth our time. Instead we are being sequestered where one set of pawns creates one part of the project while others create separate but related pieces. What some of us fear is that the pieces we are creating will not create a complete puzzle at the end of the project but instead something entirely different. We have collaboration tools at our disposal but have not been utilizing them, nor have we been given time to sit face to face and discuss the broad scope (or details or implications) of this project.
I am hoping this project gets off the ground, sprouts big ole wings and flies off the chess board.
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