Technology, The gift, of glorified pain

As an afterthought to my synopsis, and after repeat attempts to access e.Portfolio link without any success I have considered that technology can sometimes do the opposite of what it is designed to do; that is, make our life easier. The link being down over the last 5 days has cause many problems. First and foremost, making the task of fully completing my assignment impossible. Secondly, the task of learning about Mahara difficult and thirdly leading myself to conduct the extra process of applying for an extension due to technical faults. Whilst I do applaud the use of technology and think that every new technology we use to better ourselves is a step in the right direction, I wanted to write this as a reminder to us all that on some occasions, technology will have problems for which we should be prepared. Whether this is through a Plan B for teaching or a backup piece of equipment we should not take these great resources as something that is definately on tap. With this in mind, I shall continue to work forward, or find an alternate way.