Over at The Blue Skunk blog, Doug Johnson shares the following catalog of purchases:
When my much loved Macbook Air died a few years ago, I picked up a cheap ($200) Chromebook at the local Target store. I was familiar with the Chrome operating system since my school district’s 1:1 program used Chromebooks and we also supplied them to most of our teachers.I actually now have four Chromebooks – one my 89-year-old mother uses, one I keep by the side of my recliner in my living room, one that stays at a friend’s house where I regularly spend my weekends, and one that sits in a drawer in my upstairs office that I take on trips. I believe the most I paid for any of them was $300.
On reading this, I realize that edtech folks love their tools. Who else would wax rhapsodic over them? If I had to make a list of my favored technologies over the years, they would include:
- Acer C740 Chromebook at the top of the list
- iRiver digital audio recorder
- Macbook Air at work
Given all the tech that has passed through my hands, those are my most favorite devices.
Made to Move
Another key idea is how portable the technology we love is. Doug points out that he essentially bought multiple Chromebooks, designed to travel and be lightweight, but for the express purpose of leaving them by his recliner, his friend’s house. Mobility is one of the reasons I selected the Chromebook Duet. Who wants to carry something heavy around anymore?
Do you remember the first-time you tried to lug a desktop with keyboard, mouse, and monitor around? Whew, that was a production that required careful planning.
When I moved from one house to another, I took special care with those. The tech would get its own seat cushion, get strapped in with a seatbelt, and wrapped in blankets. Simply, the computer+monitor was my most expensive possession (aside from my car).
Now, it’s no big deal. It’s a laptop, Chromebook, or tablet world. Thank goodness, right? You don’t feel like you’re losing everything if your technology dies. You simply pick up another or borrow one, and you’re back in business because your data is “safe,” whether in the cloud or multiple USB external hard drives. It’s not all tied up in that one thing.
Diversify your technology access. Split up your data. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
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