Old School versus New School – This is How I am Organizing & Engaging w/EDtech

For the first couple sessions, I fell back on what got me through CNC, SFU and UNBC — Print out the docs into hard copy form, place into three ringed binder then by the tried and true method of highlighting proceed to churn through the material. Luddite?

Thankfully, the old school method died a quick and painless death.

Why?

Well the new school came a walking by and lo and behold things have become way easier and time efficient. The introduction to Zotero for the compiling of source material and citations was a huge eye opener. The work around efficiently organizing the material is a work in progress, however, the tips and tricks session with Michael provided some much needed direction.

Screen Shot of My Current Collection/Organization of Files

The next Wunder tool was the inherent power of AI tools such as

chatGPT and Microsoft Co-Pilot

I found these tools very useful for the quick summation of the many types and forms of technology literature. In tandem with Zotero I found the ability to engage with the amount of educational research a manageable endevour.

Old habits do die hard, so it has become a blended model of a little bit of old school (say 20%) and new school (80%.) However, the streamlined process of engaging research via relatively quick search and summations (AI assist), then some digital cataloging (Zotero) followed by a deeper dive to find interesting citations is (Zotero) is the obvious winds of change path moving forward.

Came across these to help in the Journey

Using AI-powered tools effectively for academic research

What’s the best way to organize my research?