Too much technology?????

OK... I am struggling under the weight of new technology. There are so many new things out there, and I want to use them ALL.

The problem = no time to learn them or develop ways to use them.

I take on too many things at once and then fall short of the success I desire. AHHHHhhhhhhhhh!!!! We have a class set of iPods (YEAH!), but I want to use them more often and more effectively. Not enough time in the day to learn and experiment. Boo. We did a podcast...success...but I want to do more. I want to use a wiki (still working on that). I've been dying to try a Voicethread since BLC09 this summer, but I still haven't gotten to that one. Sometimes, I feel like I want to try so much that I overwhelm the students. Or maybe not.

I'm just venting, I guess.

Here are the things I want to try with my students this year (my little technology checklist):

• wiki
• blogging (getting ready to do that one)
• vlogging (getting ready for that one, too)
• voicethread
• Goggledocs
• more work with the iPods
• regular Podcast show

Too ambitious? I hope not because this is just the short list. Perhaps we won't explore them all this year, but that would be nice.

Wish me luck!