I had the opportunity to see George Couros speak at the ICE Conference last Friday. His keynote speech was outstanding (you can check it out here). One thing that he mentioned has stuck with me for how simple, yet effective it is. I am paraphrasing him here, but essentially he made the point that when you wake up in the morning, you don't think to yourself, "How am I going to use my Smartphone today?". You just use it when it makes sense to use it. How we use technology in the classroom should be no different. It should not feel forced, it should feel natural.
I understand that it is not such a simple task to seamlessly integrate technology throughout the school day. The more we work at it, the easier it will become. Failure is only a step closer to success.
By the way, George is a great twitter follow @gcouros
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