Technology has provided access to so much more information. Personally, it has assisted in travel planning by researching as well as booking and finding the best bargains. Professionally, I have information easily attainable without as much work. For instance, tracking student assessment data is becoming faster and more detailed all the time. We are able to use this data to immediately inform instruction instead of waiting for the autopsy report after the fact. At a basic level is the cell phone itself. Just being able to communicated in open space is huge. Now adding all the other extras to it is amazing. (internet access, and others I don't even know about) Ease, access, new frontiers.....all things to love about technology. (where does shopping fit into this???? That's easier, too )
The frustrating part of technology is that I don't know enough to deal with things when they go wrong. While I can navigate through programs and do incredible things with data, if the basics of the computer go down, I'm lost. I don't believe it is anything you can keep up with either. Everyday there is more to learn. The only satisfying thing is that experts become frustrated, too.
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Thanks for your comments. Well said, too. The potential is amazing, and much beyond what I ever thought and dreamed even five years ago. Your frustrations are the challenge for companies who develop this technology. It creates a chasm that is the difference between use and non-use, which translates into making it, or not! Companies need to be able to develop products for the "everyperson".
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