I'm able to use technology in more ways in my personal life than in the library. This keeps me on top of the game in school--good--but also illustrates the empowerment gap--not good. Time and $$$$$ usually stand in the way in school.
Favorite technology at school, for kids: Internet and word processing. Freeware is leveling the playing field regarding the expense of software. Word processing forces students to focus, concentrate and remember (keyboarding). These are skills students seem to be having more difficulty with these days. Using the internet in the library is wonderful for modeling and teaching good evaluation practices.
Favorite technology at school, with adults: email, followed by email. Communication is everything.
Personal favorite technology right now: Internet (I call her Gladys, as in "Let's ask Gladys where to find the best, affordable HDTV before the Super Bowl starts."). Love digital cameras. Made a 12-month family photo calendar for my elderly mother for Xmas. She declared it her favorite present. (Awwww.) Love just about anything Apple. "Read" myself to sleep at night with a book on my iPod, which I've taken to China--twice. Yes, you can recharge it--with the right adaptors--on Chinese current. Like cell phones, but don't love how people use them in public. Received a portable GPS for the holidays. Plan to go geocaching when the weather clears, but for now am following those little voice directions around Boston. Can't do without an electronic tuner for the mandolin. Makes tuning 8 strings waaaaaaay easier. Finally, also received a Roomba for Xmas. The little thing is so industrious and does a good job, wouldn't ya know. So easy EVERYONE can use it, which is really the point. Best of all, it frees up time to spend on other technology :)
The downside of all of this? Energy consumption and techno trash.
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