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 * Proposal submission #21448**

Looking Back to Go Forward
 * Title**

Vincent Linares, Maui Community College, Kahalui, Hawaii, USA, linares@hawaii.edu
 * Presenter(s)**

At several past conferences, including several TCC Conferences, I presented two papers: 'I Can Write An Essay Cooking Dinner, Can't I,' and, 'The Thrill is Gone: B. B. King is My Friend..' Both essays reflect the major issues facing those using technology over the past 12 years. The essays, each tongue in cheek, offer advice and anecdotes to teachers as to what to consider when taking the tech leap. Essay One specifically presents advice to those about to embrace tech, while Essay 2 suggest strategies to teachers as what to do once that leap has been taken, and a certain level of ennui has set in. In reviewing and then reflecting upon each essay, participants will quickly see that past issues and questions closely mirror those of today, irrespective of the escalating advancements made with hardware, software, and instructional technologies, and, that some of the strategies of success from the past are equally applicable today. The intent of the essay overview is, therefore, to illustrate in a fairly satirical fashion, that the more things change, the more they actually remain the same!
 * Description**

Round table Previously published All audiences Audience requested to listen to audio files prior to session
 * Notes & Comments**