lost connections

For all my self proclaimed luddite-ness, I am absurdly angry that in my nomadic wanderings I have misplaced my USB connections. Meaning, I have an ipod that I cannot charge, I have digital cameras chock full of fresh photographs but no way to "upload". This irony amuses and befuddles me to no end. Herein the relevance to motivation. Do I continue taking photos if I can never share them? Are the images really for me alone or do I thrive on sharing my views, my kaleidoscopic perspective, with the rest of the world? And as to the music, can I subsist on crashing surf, seagulls gulling and the occasional plane streaking and rumbling above. Yes, but I crave more than subsistence, I always order dessert. My father enabled this indulgence. I want to post photographs, not just adjectives...grrr. Hence my growl. Silly little cords all tangled up in a tiny drawer and none of them fit. Like an angry puzzle.
We are supposed to reflect on technology in the classroom, well I haven't used it as much as I would like, quite honestly, but I don't feel that it is as important in the primary years as it would be for older kids. I want younger kids to be playing in dirt, looking at spiders and leaves and running around getting out of breath. I also want them to use regular old pencils to learn handwriting skills, and think about the beauty of words and spelling patterns before a life of spell checking where they can check out their brains and word applications will even auto correct for them.
If I were teaching older kids however, especially high school, I know I will need to get tech savvy, and quick, to engage them in their own realm.
I am intrigued by the usage of "smartboards" and streaming to watch scientists making live discoveries or interacting with kids in another country via webcam. I also love the idea of incorporating blogging into a creative writing class, as I think students would find it fresh and relevant to their own lives.
I have a lot to learn about technological tools, and am eager to find out ways to use them in the classroom, but I will remain committed to hands on physical learning as well. Mud pies and grassy knees, bugs in jars and pictures in the clouds.