So, we had our first official class meeting this evening and my first blog on technology fit it perfectly, I feel! As we are all aware the first portion of the class was spent working out the " kinks" of VIC. Dr. Ball was very proactive, calling this person and that one to correct the problems. Apparently she has been down that road a time or two! This was typical of technology for me. Tonight was no exception and is probably indicative of a few more bumps in the road. But once we got there it was like we were never apart. The class rolled along smoothly from that point on and we were able to complete our necessary tasks. That is how technology always seems to work for me and that is why I have never learned anything new about it. I will be working away under the impression that all is well and then something other worldly occurs, I cannot figure out what that is and I stop. I suppose a lot of my experience has been missteps, sidesteps and eventually none at all, because I call it quits before I really even began. That is my own fault.
I think it is great to really be pushed, prodded, encouraged, drug into going that extra mile, to really figure out what is going on and why there is an issue. I think that I will have some of those, " I want to quit what I am doing moments," by the tasks set forth in this class and that is okay. This time I have no recourse, I must forge on and figure out what to do and how to resolve the issue I am having.
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I'm inspired to work through my own "I want to quit what I'm doing." moments by reading your post. Technology can be so opaque andcounter intuitive to me sometimes that I feel like I'm in a dark room and no amount of reasoning will get the lights turned on. Thanks for the inspiration.
I've enjoyed reading your posts, Meg. I appreciate the feeling of being overwhelmed by rapidly changing technology. It's hard to keep up and clear why we sometimes turn off. Since this is what our profession is about nowadays it makes it easy to see how daunting this can be for our patrons. For me is has been critical to operate as part of a team, sometimes formal, usually not. It makes it much easier to keep up with new technologies when you're doing it with others. I hope that you all will bond with one another and be able to take strong relationships away from this class.
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