Well I hate to say it, but sometimes I dislike being the one that understands and can tolerate technology. Yesterday was one of those days that I can say I wish I was technology illiterate. I was super frustrated with everything technological at my site. First of all, we adopted a new Social Studies series that is more technologically savvy. The only downfall is, many of the teachers are not as technologically savvy. Therefore, I am left to do much of the work. Once problem--our series comes with a dvd to introduce lessons. The DvDs don't work correctly in classrooms because many of the remotes to the dvd players are missing. Thus, we cannot skip past the intro. Some teachers tried to solve that problem by purchasing a universal remote. The problem does not stop here though. Apparently, we can program these dvds onto our schoolwide DUKANE system, however I was only trained for one hour in the system last year and since then forgot about it. I tried emailing district tech people, but was not too successful in getting a response. I did end up putting a bug in their ear and it was some how magically fixed. I was about ready to send out an email to everyone to explain how to access the video on demand but then found out that it runs for 5 min and shuts off. I hit another dead end. I cannot wait 'til this is fixed.
Other problems included helping people search the web to installing speakers. Gosh..Maybe I should get a part time job in the technology field. I think I could make a pretty penny.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
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