Greenhaus Education and Other "Effects"

Well, hosted a webinar today and technology failed.  The presenter's internet crashed...we think...so with 40 minutes left, and 60 people online, how do you pick up the pieces and move on?  Key word of the day - wing it!!  It took maybe 10-15 minutes for us to get the presenter back up, and more than half the folks stayed with us, so kudos to those wonderful people!  Myself and my coworker filled the time with information about the software, Sketchpad , some ready-to-use lessons...clearly not the topic of the webinar, but, better than just closing down. This leads me to the classroom and teachers trying to use technology. It's going to fail sometimes and you need to have a back-up plan!  And, you need to learn to go with the flow and laugh...and try again.  Don't give up on technology because sometimes it fails and maybe your great lesson plan for the day is ruined...that's life.  And that is a lesson even students need to learn.  Don't NOT use ...

It's early here in CA and I can't sleep, so doing my morning education reading.  Found this live feed link to a very interesting panel discussion/conference going on right now.  The topic is technology in education .  I am providing the link, though it may not be live if you click on it - think it has a couple more hours today. Anyway, first time I have attended a 'live stream' conference and it is a pretty interesting experience. Different than a webinar.  I rather like it and might have to search out more or consider attending conferences I can't get to in person this way.