Technology

I'm a teacher. I've grown up using the old school learning style. Rote memorization, pencils, paper, neat handwriting, teachers talking, and those wretched lame videos that almost always put people to sleep.

Luckily I have enough sense not to teach that way. I've also been fortunate to be in a school where admin prioritizes technology in the classrooms. We have projectors, laptops, and in my case, a 1:1 program. 1 student to 1 laptop. Basically, each kid gets a laptop. Which is awesome. when it works.

You see, what good is technology if it doesn't work? isn't that just a step backwards? if the technology doesn't work, the kids get frustrated with it because what they have at home is better and faster. The problem, i found, wasn't my school, or my machines (indirectly). The problem lay with the district. Why on earth wouldn't they hire more techies to be able to come into the schools to solve the technology problems? Isn't it a priority for them?

I could easily put in a ticket, and then wait for days and days before it even gets addressed. Seriously, days and days? for a Computer? that's like the bullet train going down and sending a crew to inspect it a month later!!! Damage is done.

Technology is great, and it can be so useful. When it works.

This is it

Well, this is it. I suppose people have always said they want to do things. Go on vacations, lose weight, be nicer (good old resolution stuff). I suppose I've always wanted to blog, just never felt motivated. I always saw others do it and I always read their blogs. I still wasn't motivated enough to do it. Ramblings. That's all I had. That's all I still have.

Inherently, I suppose everyone needs to be motivated by something in order to start. That motivation could come from something positive or something negative. In this case, I suppose it's both. I'm still not sure how this will go. My mind is a notebook, full of just random drawings, pictures, notes, anecdotes, and more. Perhaps it just means nothing, but I believe that one person's trash is another's treasure. Just look at Garage Sales.

The beauty of this is that it is somewhat anonymous. True, in these times we can find out anything on the internet. But at least I can write, feel, express, and criticize whatever I like, knowing that I now have a forum. Whether people read and listen, is beyond my control.

Here we go. This is it.