Who do we listen to regarding ed tech? (philosophers, upper admin, ‘salespeople’, ‘evangelists’ or vested interest groups?, passionate early-adopting educators?

We need to listen to the educators that are at the front line in educating today's students; that is, the classroom teacher. 

Isn't it funny how recently our government had a public announcement requesting the general public to bring forth ideas on what  could be done to raise the level of education our students were receiving? Don't get me wrong, two heads are better than one.What strikes me funny though, is that never once has the classroom teachers been asked what their view were for raising the standard of education.

It is the same with educational technology.  You have everyone and their dog weighing in on what technology should or should not be allowed in the classroom, yet not once has anyone bothered to ask the classroom teacher what they would like to see in their classroom that would assist both teacher & student alike.  Makes you wonder.