Obviously the use of technology within a class can be very overwhelming for anyone who is not comfortable with technology. However, if this generation of students are in fact the digital age, then the use of technology to teach and motivate them is almost a necessity. I have had numerous opportunities when it comes to technology in my classroom (iPads in the classroom, first in my school to get a Smartboard, etc.) and have benefited greatly from these opportunities. Like most situations with these opportunities came the responsibilities of sharing my experiences and knowledge which I enjoyed. Although most of those experience have been very rewarding I do remember an incident where I felt I lost the focus of my fellow colleagues. I was teaching during a professional development about numerous technologies able to implement in the classroom and I quickly learned I had probably overwhelmed my group. Many of them were not comfortable with technology and that discomfort combined with too much information proved disastrous. Pertaining to the ARCS model I had left out a crucial piece of information: confidence. I was moving at a speed to advance for my group of learners which could have been easily avoided had I simply polled their experience/comfort level with technology prior to the development beginning. One I realized I had a group of learners not as comfortable with technology I could have adjusted accordingly and went a slower speed to ensure they did not check out due to a lack of confidence. Had I done this I probably would have created a positive experience with technology in their classroom which could have served as motivation for them to continue their learning about technology’s use the classroom.