Progress

I have made a few observations about integrating technology into my physics curriculum.

1. It is working great with my Pre-AP students. 
2. With my general physics students:
1. Lots and lots of excuses for not getting things done, in spite of one on one instruction, videos etc. It seems that Facebook becomes a huge distraction for these students. I spend more time being a task master rather than than a peaceful facilitator.
2. Many forget their account information.
3. Some of the issues encountered with these students are not related to technology and would have to be handled with a paper based course as well.
3. IPC students are having great difficulty.
1. My IPC class is limited on academic ability. Thus, they have a great deal of trouble with technology integration.
2. Many spend most of their time retrieving lost passwords and such because they don't write them down or remember them. 
4. Setting up multiple accounts from the same set of computers confuses online hosts.
1. When setting up twitter and Google accounts, the many requests from my one IP triggered the alert at Google and Twitter.
2. Google denied us the ability to set up anymore accounts, but restored it after a few days.
3. Twitter suspended any new accounts. 
4. It takes an online request to Twitter, a response to an automated email and a response to an email from a real person to un-suspend a Twitter account!
5. No matter how many resources you give some students, they will always find an excuse to not do their assignment.
6. No matter how many obstacles you give other students, they will always find a way to exceed your expectations!