When it comes to technology, I am far from an early adopter. That being said, if I see something that I think will make my life easier or my teaching better, I'm going to jump on it. During my teaching practicum, I had been frustrated that I had no way to physically draw on documents that I was either creating as handouts or showing to the class on the projector. So when I found myself in need of a new laptop, I decided to get one with a tablet option and drawing tools. Until now, I had not learned to use it in any way other than as a conventional laptop. Now is the perfect time to learn, and I decided to document my process as an example of how I develop my own ICT skills as a teacher. Someday, this will be me. Image care of Getting Smart . Initially in this process, I leaned heavily on my personal learning network. I asked fellow teachers what worked for them and consulted my many friends who work in IT for their advice. In the end, I wound up with a Lenovo Flex 5 ...