With the amount of technology around us we are able to access more and do more to with what we have. So what limits us? What is it that stops us from embracing this technology wholeheartedly? Technology is no longer the limitation… Could it be that we are now the limitation that is holding technology back?
On our networking site Huddlemind.net we have been having an ongoing discussion about collaborative learning technology and it’s implications. Many of the respondents have come back saying that the tools aren’t being used correctly or are not being used at all.
So in this hunt for the most effective tool what is it that makes a one system more effective or better than another? The amount of plug-ins you can use? The amount of uses? The ease of connectivity or just the simplicity of design?
The tools are there for us to use and as we have seen there will ALWAYS be updates available for everything! We need to adapt to the tools as much as they need to adapt to us. Many of us aren’t willing to change our processes to the tools available. Imagine you arrive for a talk and you ask for a projector for your laptop and you get brought an old over-head projector that works with transparencies (as happened to me the other day). How would you adapt?
So in your never-ending search for that killer-app, maybe think of the most easy-to-use system, the one that integrates better than the rest, rather than the one with the most features…
Damn good point. Classic pic too!
Lovely article, Mr. Setzer.