One of the class reading assignments this week is a thought provoking article entitled "Toolishness is Foolishness". The article has resonated with those who have worked in the education system. But there is one item of technology that my district has adopted that has really made my work more efficient. That is email.
When I started at the school where I work as a media specialist, 10 years ago as a media assistant. At the time only a select few at the administration level had e mail. We also did not have room to room intercoms either, so if the library staff needed to contact a teacher, we either had to walk to the room and interrupt their class or leave a handwritten message in their teacher mailbox. That involved another walk across campus to the teacher lounge.
Somewhere around the 2001-2002 school year everyone got an email account. How wonderful....Now an e mail could be sent instead of walking all over campus. Many of the teachers use email to schedule library time.
I chuckled at Prensky's comment that you are probably a digital immigrant if you call someone to make sure they received the email you sent. With the receipt feature on our accounts, I don't resort to that tactic very often with highly important emails. However, I have learned who on the faculty never check their emails or don't use it. Our financial secretary told me flat out one time that she never responds to emails and if we need something we have to speak to her face to face.
Even with these few quirks...and the volume of funny forwards many feel compelled to fill my inbox with I find that my email makes my work flow much more efficient.
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