Five Steps to Help You Determine if You Need the New "It" Technology

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Main Author: Kozikowski, Chester, III
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2010
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contents Five Steps to Help You Determine if You Need the New "It" Technology Kozikowski, Chester, III Information Technology Educational Technology Library Development Information Systems Technologists may find themselves alone on the bleachers trying to find supporters for the next "it" technology. Despite their enthusiasm, many times "it" ends up unused because a thorough evaluation was not performed prior to purchase. Before technologists lobby for approval or support of a new project, the author presents five questions for them to answer in order to help them to critically consider the effect the new technology will have on their department and prepare them to answer the inevitable questions from those in control of the budget. Being organized, planned, and stress-free will allow one to focus on what's important--introducing useful and current technology to the community. The five questions are: (1) What need does "it" fulfill?; (2) Why can't one live without "it"?; (3) Whom can one use as a guinea pig to test "it"?; (4) How will one make sure "it" is used?; and (5) Where does "it" fall into one's future plans? Some steps to implement new technology are included.
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spellingShingle Five Steps to Help You Determine if You Need the New "It" Technology
Kozikowski, Chester, III
Information Technology
Educational Technology
Library Development
Information Systems
Five Steps to Help You Determine if You Need the New "It" Technology Kozikowski, Chester, III Information Technology Educational Technology Library Development Information Systems Technologists may find themselves alone on the bleachers trying to find supporters for the next "it" technology. Despite their enthusiasm, many times "it" ends up unused because a thorough evaluation was not performed prior to purchase. Before technologists lobby for approval or support of a new project, the author presents five questions for them to answer in order to help them to critically consider the effect the new technology will have on their department and prepare them to answer the inevitable questions from those in control of the budget. Being organized, planned, and stress-free will allow one to focus on what's important--introducing useful and current technology to the community. The five questions are: (1) What need does "it" fulfill?; (2) Why can't one live without "it"?; (3) Whom can one use as a guinea pig to test "it"?; (4) How will one make sure "it" is used?; and (5) Where does "it" fall into one's future plans? Some steps to implement new technology are included.
title Five Steps to Help You Determine if You Need the New "It" Technology
topic Information Technology
Educational Technology
Library Development
Information Systems
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ890691