Showing posts with label decisions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decisions. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

...scanning my life away

Factoids:

  • This is my 22nd year of teaching.

  • I have accumulated a huge number of files in that period of time.

  • Cleaning out said files is a enormous job.

  • Personal scanners are relatively inexpensive.

  • Thumb drives hold many, many, many files in an itty-bitty space.

Questions to ask myself:


  • Have I used this material in the past 1, 2, 5, 10, or 2o years?

  • Even if I have, is it worth the time it will take to scan it?

  • How easily can I acquire the same or similar material online?


(I was sure that a scanner was the answer to my dilemma about what to do with my files. Now I'm not so sure. Oh dear.)