tlah

Technology troubleshooting and mindset

Byryan April 24, 2021April 19, 2021

This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this.

Technology troubleshooting and mindset

When I’m working with others, I have a question I use to figure out their mindset:

When technology goes wrong, what do you do?

If they answer that they try to figure out what they could have done, then I have a strong inclination that they are of the growth mindset. If they immediately blame the technology, then there is a good possibility they are of the fixed mindset.

Growth mindset gives those users the ability to look at a bad situation and see what they can learn. When tech goes wrong (and it will), the more you’ve learned the easier it is to fix the problem.

However, by placing the blame on the technology, the user immediately relieves themselves of any responsibility. “It’s the technology’s fault, not mine.”

How would you answer?

edphotos

📷 Ed photos of the week for 2023-03-23

Byryan March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Ed photos for the week Keeping Appointments with Yourself – George Couros “Children’s books are engines for empathy.” “Teaching Is About the Messy Work of Being Human. Here’s How to Embrace It”

tlah

ⓔ Gamification with Classcraft

Byryan April 21, 2016April 20, 2016

For the last nine weeks of the school year I decided to check out Classcraft.com as I look into gamification in the classroom. This won’t be a review, but more of a first look at Classcraft and how it can work in the classroom. What is gamification? Gamification is the use of behavioristic tools in the…

tlah

Minecraft on Chromebooks, a virtual biosphere, and a comic – Top 3 of the Week

Byryan July 19, 2020July 19, 2020

https://eduk8.me/2020/07/minecraft-is-coming-to-chromebooks/ https://eduk8.me/2020/07/have-fun-managing-your-own-biosphere-with-this-free-web-based-model/ https://eduk8.me/2020/07/comic-ama/

tlah

Google Apps script to create random assignments

Byryan June 24, 2016June 23, 2016

Create Random Assignments is a Google Apps script that takes a spreadsheet of questions and student names and creates random assignments. Once added to Google Chrome and you’ve authorized the script, your ready to get started! The author has a complete help sheet available to get you started with using the script.

apps

Backpack for Google Drive – student portfolios using Google

Byryan August 21, 2019August 20, 2019

Source: Backpack for Google Drive – a student-centered, Google-based approach to student portfolios. This could be a nice way to use Google’s products in the creation of student portfolios. The biggest issue I see is that they are breaking my number one rule when dealing with vendors, no pricing information is available. If I have…

Of Bits and Bytes

🤖 More AI features in Google, a school district sues social media companies, and more – Of bits and bytes for June 12, 2023

Byryan June 12, 2023June 12, 2023

Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Apps AI is coming to the Google Apps in a big way. Google is testing generative art in Google Slides, letting you create images directly…

Technology troubleshooting and mindset

Related

Similar Posts