At the risk of being Capt. Obvious, while your “four-slide sales pitch” didn’t require much technical skill, it probably did require a great deal of what we like to see in our students: critical thinking skills, analysis, and evaluation.

As much as I love utilizing technology in my teaching, I also am very wary of technology for technology’s sake. You don’t need a lot of bells and whistles to jam their little brains squarely up into the top third or so of Bloom’s taxonomy. Technology is just one tool a creative, connected educator uses to help his students develop those higher-level skills.

I always enjoy reading your stuff, Dan. Keep it up.