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A few moments in the last week have got me thinking about how much time I spend in front of a computer, or talking about matters educational.

At TeachMeet06 I was speaking with Nova and Ian at one point about how many feeds we subscribe to in our respective aggregators. I am appalled and ashamed at how many feeds I read on a far too regular basis. If it is possible to be addicted to technology, then from here on in I’m going to try and kick this addiction – and make no mistake about it – it is an addiction. I’ve spent far too many days trying to eat my breakfast whilst sifting through an over-full aggregator, when almost everything I subscribe to pertains to my job. I’ve answered the phone too many times outside of office hours to talk about educational issues, to the detriment of my own life outside work.

Now I’m going to try and get that back into perspective.

So forgive me, reader, if I don’t get back to you instantaneously, or if my reply only comes in office hours – but you’re asking me about work anyway, right?

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2 Responses to “Fighting Addiction”
 

There is a fine line between healthy enthusiasm and addiction, but I certainly don’t know where that line is. I am currently fighting with the tv and a particular cola drink….. I was thinking that when I kick my tv habbit I might get a chance to read more on the web…. now I’m thinking that a hut on a beach somewhere, picking bananas could be the only way to escape….. that is until the bananas become a problem….

… sorry it has been an odd day – I think it is time I went home and switched on the tv – it is, alas, the only way to get the voices to stop!

Nova wrote on September 28th, 2006 at 4:29 pm

 

hi Andrew,
I guess for teachers, reading blogs should come under cpd?
Unfortunately for a class teacher if they are going to keep up with even a fraction of the new stuff coming online they have to use a pretty big bit of their own time. Even more if they implement some of these ideas. I wonder if this will change once/if web2.0 become embedded in general practice?

john wrote on September 30th, 2006 at 10:53 am

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