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Why do you want to do it? Is it an important and practical problem, something worth your time and effort, something that could be beneficial to you, your students and others?
==Is the problem stated clearly and in the form of a question? Is it broad enough to allow for a range of insights and findings? Is it narrow enough to be manageable within your timeframe and your daily work?==

Disconnect between parents willingness to embrace technology and teachers seeing the need to Parents don't have a clear understanding of the benefits of using technology in the classroom Parents understand the common uses of 21st century technologies they have yet to be exposed to the ways these same tools can empower learning. - parents view them as toys and games - see them as potentially problematic Parents have not had experiences to lead them to the understanding of how powerful this learning can be People look at Facebook as a game and not the power that it can be - for example - using ning to grow a personal learning network Another example - huge problem - things as simple as study island can be very difficult for parents to see the value in it - Jeff

How do you get parents to get an understanding of this process when they are bent on denying its practical application?

=Our question: What experiences can we provide for parents that will them to understand the power of 21st learning?=

Things to think about...
 * We will need to address that it's not just about the tools and it's about other 21st century skills.
 * Are we marketing our movement towards 21st century learning?
 * Tansparency

__Resources__:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100110/NEWS0102/1100313/1058/NEWS0102/Schools+tell+good+news+through+Internet