Comments on: Three things to remember… http://www.mrssimonsen.com/?p=39 Lakeville Community Schools Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:45:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Christina Giardini http://www.mrssimonsen.com/?p=39&cpage=1#comment-35 Christina Giardini Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:45:13 +0000 http://www.mrssimonsen.com/?p=39#comment-35 I think you are very right about having to be patient when using technology. As you said, technology does not always work the way we anticipate. How many times have you been in the middle of doing something on a computer and it starts doing things you don’t want it to do? Sometimes technology really does have a mind of its own, which can be problematic when one is depending on it for something important, such as typing and saving a paper or, in our case, teaching lessons. It is important to remember that it can have faults, but in the long run it will have many potential positives that will outweigh the negatives. I think you are very right about having to be patient when using technology. As you said, technology does not always work the way we anticipate. How many times have you been in the middle of doing something on a computer and it starts doing things you don’t want it to do? Sometimes technology really does have a mind of its own, which can be problematic when one is depending on it for something important, such as typing and saving a paper or, in our case, teaching lessons. It is important to remember that it can have faults, but in the long run it will have many potential positives that will outweigh the negatives.

]]> By: jcsimonsen http://www.mrssimonsen.com/?p=39&cpage=1#comment-18 jcsimonsen Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:10:28 +0000 http://www.mrssimonsen.com/?p=39#comment-18 Good point. Practice of the skill is often overlooked in order to save time. Winging it is never a good idea when it comes to new technology. Great insight! Good point. Practice of the skill is often overlooked in order to save time. Winging it is never a good idea when it comes to new technology. Great insight!

]]> By: Cody Mattila http://www.mrssimonsen.com/?p=39&cpage=1#comment-17 Cody Mattila Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:41:37 +0000 http://www.mrssimonsen.com/?p=39#comment-17 Good Ideas. I would add Knowledge or maybe Practice. I've seen too many teachers go into a great lesson plan or adminstrators go into some type of presentation using technology that they haven't spent much time rehearsing. When technology lets them down, they don't have the knowledge to troubleshoot or the practice to know how to solve the problem. It's great to be flexible snd patient, but if you're floundering in the middle of a presentation to a few hundred staff members (or even 30 teenagers), knowledge and practice can be invaluable. Especially when it comes to your other idea, discipline. :) Good Ideas.

I would add Knowledge or maybe Practice. I’ve seen too many teachers go into a great lesson plan or adminstrators go into some type of presentation using technology that they haven’t spent much time rehearsing. When technology lets them down, they don’t have the knowledge to troubleshoot or the practice to know how to solve the problem.

It’s great to be flexible snd patient, but if you’re floundering in the middle of a presentation to a few hundred staff members (or even 30 teenagers), knowledge and practice can be invaluable. Especially when it comes to your other idea, discipline. :)

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