Nlowell's Blog – March 2007 Archive (3)

Last night I put my money where my mouth is and applied for a Technology Director job in a small school district in rural Texas.



It seems to me that the leverage points are going to be where people are really anxious to change and are willing to actually do something to make it happen. What I run into mostly is people who want to do the same silly stuff but get different outcomes. My goal is to take my 40 years of experience with technology and my 10 years experience with education and… Continue

So, I was chatting with a friend on IM tonight and it occured to me that one facet that's been missing in this discussion is that we keep talking about adding these tools to our practice. Or transforming our practice to incorporate the various technologies.



The problem is, that's not how the tools work.



It's 9.30pm here in Colorado. This is the online prime time. The Right Coast is winding down. The Left Coast is ramping up. It's the middle of the afternoon in Adelaide, but… Continue

First impression.

Is anybody there? I can't see if anybody else is here with me or not.


Interface is pretty simplistic an that's probably a good thing.

Love the google ads. They add that certain je ne sais quois.


Second impression.

Why are we here again?


Ok. I'll put a lid on the snark for the moment and go back to trying to figure out what pieces of this are doing which.