Read/Write web is work!

Will Richardson has been reflecting on teacher reactions at a blogging workshop he facilitated recently with a post Read/Write web is work!:

They’re either saying “look at the amazing things that my students and I can do these days…what an opportunity” or they’re saying “Oh. My. Goodness. How in heck am I going to figure this out for myself AND how am I going to teach my kids how to figure this out. This is work.” And it is more work

… and his conclusion is pretty bleak:

And this just screams out the fact that our kids have no effective role models for content creation, content management or content editing. And sadly, most educators are not going to want to put in the time to make these literacies a part of their practice. To some extent, I understand why. It is work. And they need time and training that unfortunately they are not going to get nearly enough of. But on the other hand, if they’re not willing to do it on their own, they risk becoming irrelevant and, as David puts it, dropping of the edge.

I don’t know that it’s all that bleak for current educators who don’t have the time, but I do reckon we need to be getting the next generation of educators ready… now!