Beyond Techno-Bling: When Boring is Good
It seems that only when a technology tool has become totally familiar to a community of users that the tool reaches its greatest efficiency. The tool is reliable, tech support requests drop off, and a high percentage of the community uses it, believes in it, and depends upon it.What do tech leaders do to implement a new tool within the community?
- Use it yourself
- Survey "early adopters" for interest level
- Bring building tech support people up to speed
- Pilot with early adopters, who can act as mentors later
- Make the tool available to all users in the community
- Incorporate incentives for using
Incentives is an interesting part to your list. I guess incentives work both face to face and online! These are great tips that I think would motivate educators to try a new tool.
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