Oh wow! We all have those days when technology is just NOT on our side. For an instance, this evening I played around to get this blog onto my other profile for my gmail account. With some lovely person on the Blogger Forum, I found out I can only invite my other account to post on this and become an admin, then I can blog with this account. Phew! It's really annoying because I have all my gmail accounts connected so it's easy to check my emails. Well I find out that when I am in one account to go in my blog and my other takes over. Gah! So if you notice "Erin Weinzierl" or "Erin Grams" posts, don't worry---it is just me! If you are wondering, Grams is my maiden name.
So all this brings me to my big point, technology is GREAT when it works the way we want it, but when it doesn't it is a pain in the "derriere" (pardon my French). This reverts back to technology in the classroom. I know I have not taught a long time, but enough to realize my earlier statement. I know I had to change my presentation of a subject when the SMART board didn't want to project or use its touch technology, or scrap a website when it would not work that day. When it does not work, technology makes you think on your feet! A love and hate relationship for sure.
Right now I am struggling with Java so my Wordle will work. *sigh*
I am definitely not a techie, but I will dabble at some things if they work for me. I love my PowerPoints, starting to get to know Prezi, SMART Notebook I am a n00b/newbie so I have lots to learn (but want to learn, thanks to my mentor teacher Dianna Kroetch!), I just started to use Voki, and I want to somehow integrate Twitter. So much technology at my fingertips and so little time between learning and dealing with technological/user issues.
Some days I wish things worked the way we want them to, but don't we all?
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