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How do you feel about the author’s assertions? Describe your technology strengths and weaknesses. As an educator and/or information professional, how do you plan to use your technology strengths? What do you feel you need to do to overcome your weaknesses? How do you feel our weaknesses effect our ability to share information/teach? What would you like to learn about technology in order to improve your instructional strategies?

I feel the author is making accurate remarks in regards to women and the IT culture. Anyone can make observations by just walking into their local electronic retailer and observing the people working in repair/services department. The result is that most of the time there are males constituting the majority of the employees in that area.

My technology strength is that I easily learn how to use technology tools. While I usually learn enough to get by, I need to deepen my knowledge in order to be a more useful resource. My weakness is the inability to keep up with a fast paced technology world. I feel that the minute I completely understand a new piece of technology and how to use it, the product has been discontinued or is obsolete. Technology is a field that requires for a person to have constant training. It is definitely not stagnant.

I plan to use my technology strength to learn new tools thoroughly.  Since I am a fast-learner, I should focus and learn to use a few tools very well.  That will help me gain confidence and assist students and teachers without a problem.    That goes hand-on hand with overcoming my weakness.  While there are many technology tools, I need to learn a few very well, and then learn more.  I don’t need to use them all, but I do need to extend my repertoire.

My plan to keep up with the technology world is to have constant professional development. Also, most people that learn a technology product well have few problems managing the new reigning one. So one must acquire training, and have extensive practice with technology.

Our weaknesses affect our ability to share information because of the lack of confidence. Unfortunately, this also leads to educators not being motivated about learning new technology, and continue the vicious circle: low confidence equals not learning.

I would like to concentrate on how incorporate technology in new ways in instruction. Lots of concepts have been done successfully, but it is important to keep up with the latest trends to attract more patrons and their abilities.

Lamont, M. (2009). Gender, technology, and libraries. Information Technology and Libraries, 28(3), 137-142. Retrieved from https://libproxy.library.unt.edu:9443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lih&AN=43690896&site=ehost-live&scope=site