Busted...on tech.

I need you to do research on this technology.
I need you to get me a wiki.
I need you to get us a team blog.
I need you to set this up now because I leave for England in 3 days.
I need you to physically get the board there and get it running.
It's been two hours since our meeting, did you do what I asked?

Everyone needs technology now. Some people ask gently. When do you think you will have time to help me so that I understand? Lovely...I would love to come and help you! However, lately, this has not been the case. Lately, the demand is to do the tech and do it now. So what is it that I really need?

To take a breath. To learn more. To type faster. To get to inbox zero. To learn more. To unblock this. To learn more. To unblock that. To re-learn this because it's already changed...did I mention breathing?

I squeeze tech into almost every minute of my day. I run ragged all day long working with teachers so that they feel comfortable integrating the tech into the classes. That sometimes requires me to learn it first. Then learn it some more so that I can make it just easy enough for them to want to use and use it easily. When I leave work, there are team emails, Skyping with my daughters while they are at their fathers, texting with my sisters...I have 3. At home, I'm doing homework with my girls, I can't escape tech there either. There is always a better way to research, study or a more effective way to create that project...it's a curse having a Techno-nerd for a mom.

What this comes down to is that I am sometimes teched out by the time I get a moment in my day which is somewhere around 11:17 at night. The very last thing I have the energy to do is reflect on what I do. I just do it. It's my job. I do the absolute best I can with the time I have. I do not cheat because I have a Dolly Do Right complex. It makes being a perfectionist crazy. But that is me.

I need to take some direction from my most awesome colleagues. From Scott S. I need to take his initiative to assign a day to post this McKflection blog. Hence, the title "What up web Wednesdays." I will post by Wednesdays now. From our fearless leader, Dr. K. I need to set aside a specific time...I will try not to double book the 2:30 to 3:30 hour. From Jason, the king, I will try to provoke stimulating conversation. I aspire to be a great blogger like Jason. From my fav psuedo tech queen, Patti...I am totally stealing your graphic idea generator. I am a resistent blogger. I will try to be more enthusiastic about my posts. So for now, consider this a final post to writer's blog block and a new beginning to some wonderfully wicked web posts.