Welcome to Season 4 episode 11 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host

Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and

hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead.

Today I'm going to share some thoughts on how to avoid technology overwhelm when there are just

so many tools out there and they're all constantly changing.

Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript, links to recommended resources, and to share

your thoughts on the show. So there's one complaint about technology that it seems

like I hear from almost every person that I talk to. They all seem to say it's just

plain overwhelming. There's too much to learn. There's too many options. It's always changing and I'm always behind

Between the ed tech that you use in the classroom and the technology that you use for your personal life,

there's always going to be a massive amount of tools that you wish you had time to explore and master.

So here's what to do when it all starts to feel overwhelming.

First of all, know that everyone feels like they're constantly behind and out of the loop.

I've worked as an instructional technology codes for several years in New York City, and whenever

I've talked with other local coaches, we often hadn't heard of half of the programs and

apps that one another were using, even though we were doing the same job in the same school

system.

So it's seriously not just you that can't keep track of all the new tools that are out

there.

With as many as 60,000 new apps

apps launched in the iTunes App Store every month

and hundreds of thousands of educational websites

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