The differences lie in the way a creative person perceives the world around them. Innovative educators often see a difficult situation in unusual and positive ways. What appears to be devastating on the surface can be a pearl in an oyster. While some are fearful or remorseful of change, the innovator embraces and sees windows of opportunities, not locked doors. The innovator looks to the empty spaces and fills them with their ideas for a new future.
Technology is one such space for opportunity.
Many educators recognize that technology is not without its flaws, its frustrations, and its limitations. Some educators take control of the technology, embrace it, and tease out its strengths to be used for educational gain. Fewer still, change technology to meet their educational needs. While developing Compumedia, it became apparent we needed a mouse on a thirty foot cable. We were told over and over again by computer and technological experts that a thirty foot mouse cannot be built.