DF Workbook Activity: Free Writing: Tech Nightmare

One of my worst idea was to use my phone and my phone pad and pen to explain concepts to students in zoom. This was when we made the switch to virtual when the pandemic started. So I watched some youtube videos how math teachers used this in their classes, and I thought it was […]

It seems like a cop-out, but I would have to identify the remote teaching between March and May 2020 as the worst experience with technology. That was a tricky time for a whole bunch of reasons: 1) The pandemic was legitimately frightening due to the scope of the lockdowns, my perceptions of the poor national […]

When Covid came crashing into our lives and we had to turn to online courses, obviously everything and everyone was thrown for a loop. I had taught online courses before so I tried to lean into the structure of those courses with online discussion forums to replace our in-class ones, given that I moved to […]

I don’t know if this is the *worst* experience I’ve had with technology, but remote learning for high school students comes to mind. We started remote learning with the rule that students needed to have their cameras on in order to be marked present for class. But that quickly devolved as teachers became more desperate […]

This semester in particular but previous ones as well have been fraught with technology mishaps and I find myself continuing to try the same things over and over hoping that this is the time what I want to work will. Example: I use Polleverywhere (I’ve said this in a few posts) I have the app […]

The most recent bad experience I had with technology was last Fall with an app called Mind Miester: https://www.mindmeister.com/ I found this tool via Google search, it was an activity we completed as a class. We were seeking a tool to help us create mind maps live without someone having to physically write or draw […]

Hello everyone, Since this is the perfect space to vent about negative experiences with technology, I will start with my Spectrum TV remote control. The thing looks like the panel of an airplane! I do not know who the designers are, but I often fantasize I am chasing them with this monstrous creation! The lesson […]

There is literally a front page most viral post on Imgur right now about this. Microsoft and other companies are making constant, minuscule, and terrifying changes these days. In O365 Excel? Hit a stray key? SHORTCUTS ARE ON LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR NEW SHORTCUTS Nono no please. I just want to put a number in […]

I have not had any especially difficult experiences with technology, at least nothing that stands out as ‘the worst.’ However, multiple small negative experiences continue to occur that involve technology simply not working as it should. I liken these experiences to relying on a car: I get in the car, expect it to start, assume […]