My district library coordinator sent me a list (once again) of new technology tools, asking if I had tried them. I will be presenting another staff development session on integrating tech tools into the library for back-to-school next fall. Here’s the recent list:
Weebly.com
Yola.com
Yudu.com
Scribd.com
WordPress.com
Blogger.com
Livejournal.com
Voicethread.com
Jing.com
Delicious.com
Diigo.com
Wetpaint.com
Jamstudio.com
Fotoflexer.com
Gimp.com
learnscratch.org
When I replied to my boss that I had tried most of them, giving suggestions of other sites, I thought about how often teachers and librarians complain to me that they can’t keep up with changing technology! I hear things like “we don’t have enough time” and my all time favorite “things are not the way they are suppose to be.”
My profession of librarianship is not the only field where “things are not the way they are suppose to be.” Whether you work as an educator, nurse, politician, business owner, or practically any job I could name, there are those who complain. I mean those who ALWAYS complain. The world is not the way it’s suppose to be and maybe it never was. When you stop to think about it…we are all going to die at some point. So we plan our lives and live our days, knowing that is the end result. How’s that for things the way things are suppose to be? The old-timers used to remind us to “put on a happy face.”
How does this relate to my list of new tech tools? Well, I don’t think I need 14 nings, 3 facebook accounts, 12 online writing tools, 8 photo editors, 7 websites to update, 9 avatars, 5 virtual worlds, 26 presentation tools, 24 usernames to remember and so on. Everyday, it seems, several new tech tools come my way. I could look at it in dread, in fear, or simply gripe that things are not the way they should be! But they are the way they are.
So, my plan is to write a snappy song called Things are Not the Way they are Suppose to Be. I may ask my daughter to accompany me on the ukelele. I’ll upload it to one of many social media sharing sites. Maybe the chorus will end with
Things are not the way they are suppose to be
and that’s just fine with me.
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