So, As I update my website three days before my 33th exhibition at the organization formally known as VEMA and now VAASL, I contemplate the hot technology of 1989. Filmstrips converted to VHS tape. I was working with Britannica Educational Corporation at the time (EBEC) and they were phasing out filmstrips for this new hot technology. It was quickly replaced by actual motion video. Still, I continued to have a great success selling filmstrips until they were discontinued. Why where people still buying filmstrips when they could actually have VHS video? This simple answer was access. Librarians gave teachers the hand-me-down filmstrip projectors for their classrooms and many jumped at the chance to have immediate access to the content (crazy, how content took so long to become a buzzword) they needed to teach the subject matter to their students. Sure, using a VHS player was much cooler but most schools had one or two at best and not many curriculum related VHS tapes. Replaced by video laser disks which were the size of a LP Record. That technology lasted about two weeks and then was replaced by CD-ROM. So, where am I going with this rant? Teachers wanted immediate access to what they were trying to teach and willing to use the most dated technology available because of quick classroom access. Fortunately, today’s technology allows us access with the click of a button to copy the link to the content being taught. Now, the question is, are you ready to connect?