Learning Curves.

What a day! I've been very determined to finish up the bulk of the iKnow class during Spring Break while my son and husband are out of the house. I've spent over 12 hours today alone trying to do what needs to be done. It starts off easy and straight forward and then the beauty of technology steps in.
My computer's movie making program doesn't save in a format I need. This I learned after taking the videos and creating the movie which of course was a learning curve because I had never used the program before. So, I downloaded a trial version of another movie maker. Created the movie. Found out my computer didn't have the capacity to save the files, unless I wanted to wait 28 hrs for the process. By this time, the video camera's batteries died and I was off to the store. Ever noticed how we are using fewer and fewer cell batteries? I could only find one in the whole house! Well, third time is a charm. I found a bare bones, really bare bones download. Funny, the "Help" tab sent you to the purchase page! At last, I created the movie from my video clips.
Thank goodness, I was finally able to download to TeacherTube. However, I'm pending "acceptance". Guess TeacherTube reviewers aren't as dedicated to their task as I and have gone to bed.
Then there was VoiceThread. It took a few tries. I'm glad I spent time with it several weeks ago getting the basics. Of course, it's never as straight forward as one wishes it to be.
Don't EVEN get me started on Google Earth!!! I figure a user should be able to dink around with something 2,3,maybe 4 times and get it. If that doesn't work, the help section should be distinct and useful. Nope.
The reason teachers don't use all the wonderful options out there for them to move their students into the 21st century? Learning curves.