Thursday, June 20, 2013

Where do I fall on the technology integration matrix?

Could we add a slot called 'good intentions'?  Several times I have started using a technology in order to be a role model for our district's administrators, but then, often because the old way 'seems' faster, abandoned the google docs, or the LiveBinders, or the ..... and reverted back to emails and paper handouts and ...  I say 'seems' faster because it is faster at first -- learning to use a new technology isn't easy. I can remember how difficult and slow it was to type (on the old typewriters -- remember those?) until I practiced it, used it, and got to 100 wpm... I need to move past the 'good intentions' and take the extra time now to learn, and practice, and conquer those new technologies...