Still on training wheels...

The question:
How has your conception of technology changed since the beginning of the semester? (If it hasn't changed, explain what your view is and why it hasn't changed)

To appropriately answer this question let me explain the many different ways in which I could:
I could..
email you a variety of letters, youtube videos, hyperlinks, or social networking links explaining how much I've learned,
or
mark my calendar and have it remind me in a few hours of how I have so many appointments I need technology to keep up with them,
or
check my RSS feeds with the new updates by Apple, Google, or any other random technological innovation companies that have just made life even easier... once you take the necessary hours to figure out how they work,
or
watch youtube, teachertube, googlevideo for a visual of how to use technology,
or
download fair use music from freeplay.com to artistically define the relationship I have acquired between myself and technology, every love story (not referring to Taylor Swift) has a "song" right?
or
I could create a google doc and ask you to contribute to how much you love technology and we could write a paper about it,
or
create my own wiki to distribute technological tools that other teachers could use...


or just post on my blog: I am completely incapable of explaining how vast and incomprehensible technology seems to be, in my opinion. That being said, I still try.

My Green Online Planner

I thrive on a busy lifestyle with limited, but peaceful, downtime. I carry around a small planner in which I schedule out my week in adequate detail. The only major flaw to my system is that once an event has been written down, I seldom return to view it. This, on occasion, leads to a variety of problems caused by my horrible memory. Often times, if there is something that I really need to remember I'll write it on my hand or set an alarm on my cell phone to go off before the event. I'm always trying to find the perfect place to write a note so that I'll remember it, but where am I looking most of the day? The internet and more specifically, my email account. Google has created a program called Calendar to schedule out everything, and it is convienient because it is right next to my email account. I learned a lot more about it last week in class. I learned that I can create a calender and then send it to others. For example: in a classroom I can schedule out the assignments and exams and email it to each of my students and their parents. They can easily look at the calender and know what is due. This makes life simple for me, and easier for my students. All good things.
Thank you Google. Your welcome Earth.