The Technological Trembles

For me, technology isn't really a huge quandry. I LOVE IT! Here in lies the issue, my 7th grader knows far more than I think my husband ever will (not sure he even knows what "Twitter" means). Technology for me is a daily advantange - a HUGE part of my life I couldn't live without! In my classroom however, I think I'm still grasping at ways to really address the issues I need to with technology. I use an InFocus machine almost daily to show students what I'm looking at on the Net (things like YouTube videos, specific websites, and even clips from UnitedStreaming and Tumblebooks for the younger students). Yet, somehow I still feel inadequate as far as the whole technology thing is concerned. I can't text without looking while the phone is in my pocket and I'm talking....of course ask ANY MIddle School or High School student and THEY CAN! It's one of those things I suppose that we'll have to live with...we grew up where microwaves first started out almost the same size as our ovens and cell phones were the size of...regular phones! For us (over 30) technology is something we embrace, but we will always feel like there's something we just don't understand...maybe that's why we have children!?