Technology for Teachers : Coming of Age: an introduction to the new world wide web
The new world wide web offers so much potential as well as risk. It is awesome to be involved at a time when some many things are on the verge of changing the landscape. The one thing I am constantly going back to is the ideal that there is only 24 hours in a day. At some point people reach a technology overload point. We have been exposed to so much technology that it could be a full time job just reading blogs and keep up with the newest of the new along with the impact it could have on teachers (wouldn’t that be a great job).
I have to keep reminding myself that it is okay to let some of this new technology go. We will probably keep up with the technology with the help of others who keep pushing it to the front page (or the top of our RSS feeds).
KISS=Keep It Simple Sweetie
It is better to take 1 new technology and do it well than it would be take 5 technologies and do them okay. It is still about the teaching and the education of children, the technology should help be a beacon on that journey with your students.
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hear hear!
Talk about information overload!
Instead of being overwhelmed by the 92-page report “Coming of Age” I just focused on the blogging part and ignored podcasting and other technologies (for now). I’m going to introduce students to blogs in September so I am focused on that.