One thing that is an impediment to my ability to implement new technology is the time factor. It takes time for me to learn about and experiment with new technology, and it also takes an amazing amount of time to do what every teacher does every day just to prepare and teach good lessons, tutor, grade papers, talk to students, talk to parents, grade papers, sponsor clubs, attend meetings, and on and on. So ANY initiative that takes additional time will compete with time I could spend on preparing to implement new technology. This is no reflection on the quality or the content of the Common Core. It’s just a matter of  having enough time that most impacts my implementation of new technology. Whoa!! I just realized that’s a step forward for me. It used to be my fear of technology that was the main impediment. Now I really want to spend more time exploring technology, but I’m already feeling the time squeeze as the end of summer approaches and as writing my unit plan for the Kenan Fellows Program is taking a whole lot of time.