“I’d love to have use web apps more in our classroom, but my students don’t have internet access at home.”

“I’d love to use iOS apps for instruction, but my students don’t have access to iPads or iPod Touches.”

Thought provoking post on educators and excuses (even if you’re not working in the cog factory that is the USA’s edu system, it’s relevant)…

Weblogg-ed » Yeah, You’ve Got Problems. So Solve Them.: “We say we want our kids to be problem solvers, but all too often, when faced with the challenges of a changing educational landscape, we don’t offer solutions. Instead, we offer excuses as to why we shouldn’t solve the problem, why it’s better to just keep on keepin’ on. And solving these problems is getting easier and easier, actually, as more and more schools have already done the heavy lifting to find and implement solutions. It’s not like anyone needs to reinvent the wheel any more. And it’s also not like you need a solution overnight, either. Frame the problem, create a timeline and a process, and have at it. If you had say, two years, is there really NO way to solve that access problem?”

Head over for the rest of the post and some explanation (and a great clip from Apollo 13).