The Chicken or the Egg, Which Comes First
Something has been on my mind as of late and I feel compelled to write about it. I am grappling with why technology is so often pushed to the background into a supporting role. I know, I’m biased right, I’m a technology advocate. It’s true but that is not why I believe technology should always be first when considering an activity, a way of working, a way of learning, and a way of teaching others. Way back in 1985, my wife and I got married. We planned a honey moon trip to California. We bought some paper maps and had access to, yes, an atlas! We figured out our general plan then as proud BCAA members, asked for driving maps to be produced. We studied and followed those maps carefully all the way down and back over the next couple of weeks. Now fast forward to 2015, we are planning a trip to Spain. Should we use the same approach with the same tools (technology) to plan a trip? No of course not. We are using Google Maps and other Internet resources to plan things out, much