2:36 pm Tablets
Herein lies my second installment for the blog about my fortune in having access to “new technology”. I have gotten better about remembering my passwords and being able to access the email in which I saved them all. But there are some programs I am still more of a stranger to than others and those are the ones I am focusing my attention on.
I have at least a sketchy beginning to getting my Portal pages working and current. I am also working to get a google docs library uploaded for linking to my portal. The StJLabs google account is the one I have spent the least amount of time on and therefore one that I am spending more quantity time with…hoping that it leads to quality time!
Yet, the question remains, what have I accomplished with this new technology? I do continue to use the Think pad to project notes and Powerpoint presentations for my classes using the LCD projector(s) that are conveniently set up in each of the classrooms that I am working in this semester.
In all honesty, I have yet to really hit a peak in terms of utilizing that notepad to its fullest (alright, not even a high percentage) of its potential. But, I endeavor daily to use it more often and in more ways. I am spending more time out of class and even off campus in what could be termed “playing” with the machine and its software. Since I am a scientist, I prefer the term “experimenting”.
For example, I am, in addition to the above programs, trying to get a handle on OneNote as the savvy tool I have heard about. But I admit that with time constraints (new preps this semester) and technological speed bumps (lack of printing or network issues), I consistently fall back on Word and other familiar (AKA soft and comfy) Office products.
Some other options I have been using are my iPhone in conjunction with the notepad, the LCD projector, and whatever else I can combine that already exists in the three classrooms I am working in so that all I have to carry is my “laptop”, iPhone, and zip drive.
I am still working to overcome the lack of a CD/DVD drive on the ThinkPad. I guess the bottom line here is that I am making progress, albeit not at a warp speed rate…not glacial though either, and I will not be subdued by this challenge. It is one of the many the first year at SJA has offered and I am still upright and mobile. That must count for something, right?
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