10 Ways to Become Fluent in Technology

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[Steve Sherlock]

Leah, this is a good listing for those who need to and should keep up with tech speak. The one piece I would add to this listing is to recognize when to use the lingo. It is one thing to become comfortable with the lingo amongst others who are in the know. It is quite another thing trying to communicate to those who don't know and are baffled by the lingo. In this case, we need to use analogies and other more common terms to make the connection with them and bring them into the know.

[Leah Maclean]

I completely agree Steve - using the language analogy it is just like trying to speak French to everyone you meet just because you have learnt French yourself.

As you say, it is not just important to understand technology but you also need to understand the people you are communicating with, and communicate at a level they will understand. As a result I believe that we all need to take more responsibility for the understanding of the other party each time we communicate, particularly about technology.

[toni]

Leah, I think you have raised great points about learning and about the need to educate ourselves in any subject, especially technology. This is a great "How to" for those who are currently just waiting for someone to teach them any subject. If they can start with your plan on their own, then the teachers will find them.

Mahalo for sharing your secrets in learning and technology.

[Leah Maclean]

Toni - thank you for the insight you have offered about this being a template for learning in any new subject. I hadn't thought of that before but now looking at the 10 steps again through your insight I see that it could be applied to any topic where we want to become more fluent. I now realise I use a similar approach in other areas as well. Thank you!

[Rosa Say]

What terrific coaching you’ve laid out for us Leah, this is outstanding! And I do agree with Toni that you’ve created a multi-applicable template here. You’ve got me wondering how I can be applying this to the language of intention of values…

I like how you started off with the premise that technology is a conversation, for quite honestly, that’s not how most of us first learned it: We learned it as processing data inputs (keyboarding, and faster-than-human computation) and then it got all techno-weird and intimidating with programming, code, and design. On the other hand, thinking of it as conversation gets the newfound geek in us to rejoin the human race in why we might have set out to learn it in the first place!