"Bless Your Stress," and you shall become unburdened. (and maybe even empowered.)

                                     Hopefully some of you can relate to this mantra. It has become my mantra this week, as I am moving through the most technologically dense week that I have ever experienced in my lifetime thus far. Most of my unusually lengthy contact with technology this week has been for this literacy coursework, but I have also had to learn and do more for my teaching life. I became fearless this week, and went ahead and initiated and developed a wiki for my department's needs. I did it to be competitive and proactive, and....... it worked! I felt a great sense of empowerment with my new found fearlessness with technology. However, this technological "baptism of fire", is causing what is commonly called "information overload." If this to be my new "way of life" this year and for years to come, than I'd better have some strategies to cope with my deficient status caused by acute over usage of technology. I found some tips such as: taking time outs, not checking email until lunch, etc. You can find more of these tips on a blog called "Ten Tips for Managing Information Overload" on: http: edtechpower.blogspot.com.