Jodi Altringer's List: Educational Technology

• Going offline is no longer a realistic option.

• Call it the new unplugging: a way to step back from the rush and din of the Internet, and approach our time online with the same kind of intention and integrity we bring to our best offline interactions.  
• . Commit to a single task on your computer or mobile device, the same way you might commit to an important face-to-face conversation
• The real solution to FOMO is to accept the fact that, no, you can't be everywhere and do everything.
• , Gretchen Rubin passes along the advice that every couple should have one indoor game and one outdoor game. In the Internet era, every couple or family should also have one video game they play together (we like Bomberman), one online presence they create together (like a blog or YouTube channel), and one social network where they stay connected (so even if your kids don't want to be your Facebook friend, you can reach them on Google+). If you're using online tools to foster family connection and togetherness, you'll recognize that unplugging is a wishful-thinking alternative to the real work of making Internet time into family time.

• . Use the Internet to reinforce your resolve to focus on what matters most, and unplug from the overload that comes from the sense you've got to do it all. 
• , simply by focusing your own time online on the activities and contributions that create meaning for yourself and others

• The Internet is an incurable condition -- but we can't recognize that as good news until we find a way to treat the various aches and pains of life online.  
• we plug back in because we like it. We plug back in because this new online world offers extraordinary opportunities for creation, discovery, and connection. We plug back in because we don't actually want to escape the online world: We want to help create it.

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