It's been over a year since I’ve posted to this site. The prompt to do so came as I was writing about myself as a member of the SVSU Tech Partners Wiki. What to say about myself? My resume? My portfolio has always done the speaking for me. So I decided that perhaps my visual/verbal technology “bits” should speak for me as well. Besides, the point of the blog, in the first place, was to write about Technology and the Things that Matter. Could there possibly be a better time to address that topic than now, when we are about to determine a new technology plan for the Southern Vermont Supervisory Union?
I am honored to be part of this group. To be here means that my skills, education and experience are seen and acknowledged by my peers. “Seen and acknowledged.” Perhaps the most key phrase in the world of technology education. Is there anything more than that, that any student wants, but to be seen and acknowledged? It’s no wonder that technology has come to mean so much to a generation of students who grew up with television. “Seen and acknowledged” is the entire world to this generation that lives on YouTube. Which leads me to the next question…
What happened to self knowledge? Self acknowledgment? Self acceptance? Inner balance and grace? Can these things exist in a generation that is dependent on being seen and acknowledged? Can technology bring inner balance, self knowledge, self acceptance and grace?
Can technology education bring inner balance, self knowledge, self acceptance and grace? Can any Technology Plan even hope to address such lofty ideals? Can it afford not to?
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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