Simplifying Technology for Better Technology Adoption and Integration

All thorough my 7 years in I.T. enabled education, i have observed that technologies are never delivered simplified to educatore (teachers, in particular). Even a tool/ technology expected to be used by a teacher is delivered in a 'hyped' way. Unless and Until technologies are explained in a simple manner to educatore, we cannot expect an adoption, leave aside easy adoption. A user ( teachers, in this case) should know how to get started with using the tool and that can only occur when users have understood it. So, simplification and not complication should be the key while introducing a new technology. I can relate an example - while conducting a training, i had to introduce 'Learning Objects' to a group of teachers. Rather than giving a technical definition for it, I explained it in a way that they could easily relate to. I told the group that any creation of theirs, be it a presentation, document, spreadsheet, animation, etc. is nothing but a learning object. We need to remember that the adopters need to feel comfortable with anything new being introduced to them. Lets simplify things for the teachers so they can harness the technology tools appropriately for their teaching-learning.