Our group has two stories about technology, one positive and one negative. The positive story from one group member is when she was in elementary school using technology. Her teacher would let the class play an English game on the computer if they finished activities. The game required an individual to do an activity in each room of a haunted mansion. In order to move onto the next room, the player had to pass the game in the room. Each game taught a different type of grammar. Once you had passed the games in all rooms you had all the clues to solve the puzzle. This was great because it allowed the students to do a fun activity with their free time which not only taught them grammar but also encouraged them to get their work done early. This was a great use for technology in the classroom.
The negative story was also in elementary school. Our group member remembers having computers in her classroom, but no computer lab. The computers were a reward for finishing their work early. Unfortunately, she hardly ever finished early; therefore, she never got to use the computer. It made her hate computers because she thought it wasn't fair. Once the first three students went to the computers, she couldn't even focus on her own work. It wasn't until she got her own computer in her house, that she fell in love with technology. There were so many better ways that this teacher teacher could have handled the use of the computer, but she was probably afraid of them herself!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Positive and Negative Experiences with Technology
Our group discussed several positive and negative experiences we have had with technology.
Kaycie contributed this positive experience:
My positive experience with technology just occurred last semester in my Children's Literature class. We had to do a group assignment where we had to research an author/illustrator and create a power point that include some elements like scan pictures from a book, read several pages of the book and in include them in your power point. One of the computer tech ladies (I think her name was Debbie. She is the nice lady in the ed tech center) was very supportive of our assignment and taught us how to do many ways to "spice" up our power point. I learned so much from her and realized how much more I could do with power point. By the end of the assignment, I was so happy with my final project! I learned how to record my voice and create a button to click on to hear me reading several pages from a book. I also learned how to put youtube videos in my power point. I didn't have to include a video, but I learned so much about power point that I wanted to really have fun with it!
Lauren contributed this negative experience:
A negative experience that I have had with technology is often with trying to find certain information on certain websites. There is always the option to "google" information online but I have found that many times more than one site will offer different (and sometimes) incorrect information. It's difficult to find credited websites.
Jennifer Beach
Kaycie Coleman
Lauren DeGuglielmis
Ellon Scherer
Kaycie contributed this positive experience:
My positive experience with technology just occurred last semester in my Children's Literature class. We had to do a group assignment where we had to research an author/illustrator and create a power point that include some elements like scan pictures from a book, read several pages of the book and in include them in your power point. One of the computer tech ladies (I think her name was Debbie. She is the nice lady in the ed tech center) was very supportive of our assignment and taught us how to do many ways to "spice" up our power point. I learned so much from her and realized how much more I could do with power point. By the end of the assignment, I was so happy with my final project! I learned how to record my voice and create a button to click on to hear me reading several pages from a book. I also learned how to put youtube videos in my power point. I didn't have to include a video, but I learned so much about power point that I wanted to really have fun with it!
Lauren contributed this negative experience:
A negative experience that I have had with technology is often with trying to find certain information on certain websites. There is always the option to "google" information online but I have found that many times more than one site will offer different (and sometimes) incorrect information. It's difficult to find credited websites.
Jennifer Beach
Kaycie Coleman
Lauren DeGuglielmis
Ellon Scherer
Positive and Negative Experiences Using Technology
My group has experience technology in positive and negative ways. Many of our experiences were similar, and unique in other ways. For an example, our group members shared the same positive experience using technology while growing up.One positive experience that we remember is playing educational computer games while growing up. One of our group member parents always use to buy her different computer games, and since she loved playing on the computer, it made it that much more appealing and exciting. She loved being able to play games on the computer, and at the same time she was learning. She think educational computer games are a great tool to have for children. Another group member recall her first learning experience using a computer. She remembers her first V Tech computer system. Her V Tech computer taught her about math. Another one of our group member had a unique positive experience with using technology. She attended a computer camp during a summer. Attending this camp showed her exciting and interesting things that she could do on the computer, and did help her in preparing herself for using the essentials, such as Word and PowerPoint, in high school.
It was also interesting that our group shared the same negative experience with using technology. We all had a negative experience with an online class. Before taking online classes, we believed the classes would be easier because we didn't have to attend class. However, online classes were harder because of the constant email checking, lack of face to face communication, and time limits on test.We all agreed that we would rather sit in a classroom and learn than taking an online class. Technology can be beneficial and a set back sometimes.
Shantiya Gilchrist
Patricia Luberto
Danielle Coolahan
Kaitlyn Dalton
It was also interesting that our group shared the same negative experience with using technology. We all had a negative experience with an online class. Before taking online classes, we believed the classes would be easier because we didn't have to attend class. However, online classes were harder because of the constant email checking, lack of face to face communication, and time limits on test.We all agreed that we would rather sit in a classroom and learn than taking an online class. Technology can be beneficial and a set back sometimes.
Shantiya Gilchrist
Patricia Luberto
Danielle Coolahan
Kaitlyn Dalton
Positive and Negative Tech Experiences
After discussing positive and negative experiences with technology, our whole group came to a consensus on the stories that we want to share with the rest of the class. A positive experience that we all had mentioned individually, was how much the internet is beneficial for doing projects, especially a group project. We all mentioned how the internet provides great resources for lookingup information for projects instead of going to the library. Another positive experience with technology we all agreed with is using email to communicate for a group project. Using email and/or blackboard to discuss ideas was very essential for this assignment. We have only worked on this assignment with each other through the use of blackboard and email. Also, being all education majors, the Internet is a great resource for getting ideas for lessons as well as getting worksheets to use.
A negative experience that we want to share is that sometimes certain files will not work on all computers. One group member shared their story of a time when she had problems opening up a PowerPoint for a presentation. It was last semester when she was in her math education class. she and another classmate created a PowerPoint about how to teach fractions in an elementary school classroom. They created it using PowerPoint 2007, but when they went to open the PowerPoint in the classroom, it wouldn't open. The computer in the classroom had PowerPoint 2003 and could not open a PowerPoint 2007 document. Luckily, they were able to go to the computer room in the building which had PowerPoint 2007 and convert it to PowerPoint 2003.
Allison Barry
Amanda Harvey
Ashley WhalenJessica Thomas
Positive and Negtive effects on technology in education
Alex contributed this positive experience:
I have always found ways to use technology to help my educational experience...or at least tired to. Sometimes this would turn into a "waste" of time and would have to settle for a traditional way on paper or some other way. Although I do not consider this wasting in the big picture because over the years because of this I have become very fluent in getting around with computers and how they work. Shortcuts, new features, and old ones I can incorporate into everyday things such as web browsing or writing a paper. I am finding ways for technology to assist my learning in and out of the classroom. I can use my iPod touch, computer, or cellphone for a calculator, to graph, search the internet, and communicate. I can use landscaping applications to help run my landscaping business more effiencently or touch up on my math skills with games or learn the streets of Towson by looking at maps.
Ashley contributed this positive experience also:
I am earning my Masters now in instructional technology with a focus in School Library Media, and so far my experiences with technologies has grown mostly postitive. A lot of programs I was unfamiliar with about a year ago, I have been taught. The professors have really gone out of their way to ensure we learned these programs and understood. this. This is exspecially true of dreamweaver, wiki, and in my case lended some experiences with permaboards and clickers.
Hilary contributed this negative experience:
Technology and learning experiences have never really been that great for me; either I've been in really boring computer classes, or I can't understand what I'm supposed to be doing. I like computers when they do what I want them to do, but all to often I find myself struggling to figure out how to use a program. It's very frustrating to know that there is a right way to do something, in fact probably an easy way to do it, but you can't figure out what that might be. Also, in my internships in elementary school classrooms, I've had some trouble with non functioning technology. While it taught me to always have a backup lessons plan, in case things don't work they way you want them too, it was stressful and embarrassing at the time. As a teacher, it's not fun to look incompetent in front of students.
Michelle contributed this negative experience also:
However, sometime technology can be very frustrating. Like when my computer crashes when I'm in the middle of writing a paper. Or when my cell phone runs out of batteries.
I have always found ways to use technology to help my educational experience...or at least tired to. Sometimes this would turn into a "waste" of time and would have to settle for a traditional way on paper or some other way. Although I do not consider this wasting in the big picture because over the years because of this I have become very fluent in getting around with computers and how they work. Shortcuts, new features, and old ones I can incorporate into everyday things such as web browsing or writing a paper. I am finding ways for technology to assist my learning in and out of the classroom. I can use my iPod touch, computer, or cellphone for a calculator, to graph, search the internet, and communicate. I can use landscaping applications to help run my landscaping business more effiencently or touch up on my math skills with games or learn the streets of Towson by looking at maps.
Ashley contributed this positive experience also:
I am earning my Masters now in instructional technology with a focus in School Library Media, and so far my experiences with technologies has grown mostly postitive. A lot of programs I was unfamiliar with about a year ago, I have been taught. The professors have really gone out of their way to ensure we learned these programs and understood. this. This is exspecially true of dreamweaver, wiki, and in my case lended some experiences with permaboards and clickers.
Hilary contributed this negative experience:
Technology and learning experiences have never really been that great for me; either I've been in really boring computer classes, or I can't understand what I'm supposed to be doing. I like computers when they do what I want them to do, but all to often I find myself struggling to figure out how to use a program. It's very frustrating to know that there is a right way to do something, in fact probably an easy way to do it, but you can't figure out what that might be. Also, in my internships in elementary school classrooms, I've had some trouble with non functioning technology. While it taught me to always have a backup lessons plan, in case things don't work they way you want them too, it was stressful and embarrassing at the time. As a teacher, it's not fun to look incompetent in front of students.
Michelle contributed this negative experience also:
However, sometime technology can be very frustrating. Like when my computer crashes when I'm in the middle of writing a paper. Or when my cell phone runs out of batteries.
Positive and Negative Tech Experiences
To end on a positive note, we will begin with a negative experience:
One member of our group submitted that the two most frustrating classes she ever took were both computer/technology classes. Her professor fell prey to expert blindness and failed to realize the classes were going too quickly and that the students were having trouble keeping up with the learning curve. Technology classes can be more challenging than other subjects for students, especially digital immigrants; not only are the concepts new, but the tools and venues are as well.
The positive experience is of a class on integrating technology into mathematics instruction. One specific technology the class focused on was Sketchpad, an amazing visual tool that helps to teach math. The class was so helpful that, in the course of the semester, some questions about mathematical formulas were made clear. Not only did the technology help our colleague learn how to teach math better, but it also increased her personal knowledge of the subject.
Tilghman Gordon
Andrew Haff
Laurie Kendall
Krista Spath
One member of our group submitted that the two most frustrating classes she ever took were both computer/technology classes. Her professor fell prey to expert blindness and failed to realize the classes were going too quickly and that the students were having trouble keeping up with the learning curve. Technology classes can be more challenging than other subjects for students, especially digital immigrants; not only are the concepts new, but the tools and venues are as well.
The positive experience is of a class on integrating technology into mathematics instruction. One specific technology the class focused on was Sketchpad, an amazing visual tool that helps to teach math. The class was so helpful that, in the course of the semester, some questions about mathematical formulas were made clear. Not only did the technology help our colleague learn how to teach math better, but it also increased her personal knowledge of the subject.
Tilghman Gordon
Andrew Haff
Laurie Kendall
Krista Spath
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Summary of positive and negaitve experiences with technology
Our group has two stories about technology, one positive and one negative. The positive story from one group member is when she was in elementary school using technology. Her teacher would let the class play an English game on the computer if they finished activities. The game required an individual to do an activity in each room of a haunted mansion. In order to move onto the next room, the player had to pass the game in the room. Each game taught a different type of grammar. Once you had passed the games in all rooms you had all the clues to solve the puzzle. This was great because it allowed the students to do a fun activity with their free time which not only taught them grammar but also encouraged them to get their work done early. This was a great use for technology in the classroom.
The negative story was also in elementary school. Our group member remembers having computers in her classroom, but no computer lab. The computers were a reward for finishing their work early. Unfortunately, she hardly ever finished early; therefore, she never got to use the computer. It made her hate computers because she thought it wasn't fair. Once the first three students went to the computers, she couldn't even focus on her own work. It wasn't until she got her own computer in her house, that she fell in love with technology. There were so many better ways that this teacher could have handled the use of the computer, but she was probably afraid of them herself!
Katie Hohl
Yesenia Cuellar
Michelle Richardson
Brooke Bradley
Monday, February 1, 2010
Yesenia's Technobiography
When I was born, I was pretty much with no much technology. I was lucky to have a television and radio at home. I was exposed to more advanced technology when I arrived to the United States. I used my first computer when I started middle school, here in the United States. as I grew up older, I started to become involved in techonoly by playing video games, having a computer at home, and having my own CD Player. When I started high school, cell phones were a big thing going on in school, so I wanted my own, but my parents were not convinced that I needed one. So, I had to work on my own if I wanted one. I had my first cell phone on my second year of high school. After I graduated from high school and got my first job... I wanted more things and then I bought my own things that I wanted. Now, that I can afford to more things, I try to buy what I like, even though there might be things that I do not know much, I try my best to figure out things to be update with today's technology. I hope to learn many tricks from this class, I am not really good at computers, but I am always open to learn new things. I have realized that there many things that you can do with today's techonology.
Technobiography
I am not really a tech person at all. It's not that I don't like technology; I love how easy it has made many things, and how fun. It's more that I don't have the time or patience to learn how to use all the technology around me. And some of it I just never saw the appeal of, like video games, although my boyfriend is trying to change my mind about that. When I was young, technology wasn't readily available to me. We eventually got a computer, when I was six or so, but mostly for my Dad to do work on. We had very limited access to it, and when we were on, it was only for educational purposes. Although I must say that doing school on the computer was much more exciting than doing it on paper. The very first computer game that I can remember playing and loving was Organ Trail. Other than that, there was little technology offered to me in my home during my elementary school years. As I got into high school, things began to shift, as it was expected for all assignments to be typed, and all students to be able to use a computer comfortably. Now, I enjoy a reasonable amount of success when working with technology, but I still get frustrated when I can't get something to work, and I still don't understand half of what people say when they start talking about technology. Hopefully, as I continue to be submerged more and more into this culture of technology, I will be picking up more and more. I do want to learn more about it, because anything that can make my life easier is well worth the effort.
Kaycie Coleman Technobiography
In today's society technology is advancing at a very fast pace. It is everywhere and no matter what, you have to learn how to use basic technology. I can remember when my mom brought home our very first computer, it took place of our typewriter. I was in Elementary School at the time, and I remember playing Oregon Trial and Math Blaster on it for hours. When I was in Middle School, I spent many hours on AOL chat talking to my friends. It was the "cool" thing to do then. When I was in High School, I got my first cell phone. I thought it was the coolest thing. I had a Nextel, so I could walkie-talkie my friends who also had a Nextel. I didn't receive my own computer until my first semester at Anne Arundel Community College. It wasn't the nicest computer, but I could type of papers on it and not have to fight with my sisters to use the other computer. When I think about technology in my life now, I'm astonished at the amount of technology that I own. I have a cell phone, laptop, ipod, gps, and a Wii. For others, this might not seem like a lot, but it is for me. I would have to say that I'm more comfortable with technology today, than the past. I think that there is more technology available, therefore people have more access and ability to learn how to use technology.
Ashley Serio Technobiography
I have been drawn to technology since about birth. My grandparents use to say that even as a very small child, I was always drawn to the television. Television and the telephone were probably the closest technologies I had as a child until I was about 8 when we finally got a Nintendo gaming system. My brothers and I were always drawn to video games and through the years we amassed a large collection of systems and games including: our original Nintendo system, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Game Cube, the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 1, 2, & 3, and the X-Box 360. My husband and I still have all these gaming systems, with the exception of the Playstation 1, which broke, but I still have all my games because they can be used on the Playstation 2 system.
My family did not purchase a home computer until I was a freshman at Towson University in August 1999. We did own a Brother Word Processer. I used this to type up assignments in middle school and high school. I also helped my Grandfather with the home bills and budgets with the spreadsheet application that was a perk of the Word Processer. Prior to college, my only real use of the computer was in school. Elementary and Middle School consisted mostly of games that supposedly held some educational value, such as the Oregon Trail. High School progressed the computer into something more than a gaming system but into a tool used to enhance life and schooling. There the two classes I took focused on keyboarding and occasionally Windows Excel (however, to this day I still only have a vague knowledge of this program and of all Windows programs this one scares me the most).
My undergraduate time spent at Towson University did little to foster my knowledge of the computer. I was a History major and that does not always mesh well with technology. I did become internet savvy, which prior to college I did not have the opportunity to get to know. I received a Towson University email account and soon I opened an AOL email account. I would add a Comcast and Yahoo email account to this by the end of my 5 years. Thanks to friends and other trends I would also have a livejournal account, a MySpace, and a Facebook by the end of my bachelorette program. My technology general education requirement that I had taken was ISTC 201: Using Information Effectively in Education. I took this class in the spring of 2002, but the only thing I learned new in this class was how to use Microsoft PowerPoint.
I was only really equipped to use a PC until I began working at the B&O Railroad Museum in the fall of 2005 after I graduated from Towson University. My office computer was a Mac so I was literally forced into learning how to use it. It wasn’t all that different from a PC once I got the hang of things. It also helped me that my brother, who was living with us at the time, had a Mac Book. He really helped me figure things out. I can proudly say that I am now both PC and Mac literate.
When I came back to school for my Graduate degree in the fall of 2009 at Towson University I decided to go into library studies, which was something I always wanted to do. Towson University has this track under Instructional Technology so I had to take more technology courses than I had taken in the past. Last semester I took ISTC 541: Foundations in Instructional Technology. I learned many new things in this class, such as how to use a wiki, Glogster, Microsoft Moviemaker, blackboard, and we expanded on PowerPoint. We did touch on Excel and graphs, but sadly I am still a loss at this program. I learned a lot in that class, and I hope to expand on that knowledge in this class.
Communication Technology had always been my strong spot until I have become more strongly equipped for the computer. I was always a big talker on the telephone as a child and teenager. I would spend hours chatting to my friends and cousins on the telephone. I was the first in my house to figure out the voicemail feature of our phone line, which allowed me complete control of the answering machine at my home.
I had a pager all throughout high school. That was the big thing back then. I even had one of those voicemail pagers that allowed the person paging you to leave on a voice message instead of the traditional numeric page. Then I would call my number, hit the star button, and then enter my password to listen to the message.
I purchased my first cell phone in the spring of 2001. My father paid for it for me since he was worried about me commuting from Brooklyn Park to Towson every day for school. The cell phone has never frightened me; I always saw it as a hodgepodge of pager meeting the telephone. I quickly learned to use the others features from ringtones, texting, to mobile internet. I must say the mobile internet has come in handy with my Facebook obsession. Texting has literally broken me from talking on the telephone. I now just text people and a loathe talking on the phone now.
My family did not purchase a home computer until I was a freshman at Towson University in August 1999. We did own a Brother Word Processer. I used this to type up assignments in middle school and high school. I also helped my Grandfather with the home bills and budgets with the spreadsheet application that was a perk of the Word Processer. Prior to college, my only real use of the computer was in school. Elementary and Middle School consisted mostly of games that supposedly held some educational value, such as the Oregon Trail. High School progressed the computer into something more than a gaming system but into a tool used to enhance life and schooling. There the two classes I took focused on keyboarding and occasionally Windows Excel (however, to this day I still only have a vague knowledge of this program and of all Windows programs this one scares me the most).
My undergraduate time spent at Towson University did little to foster my knowledge of the computer. I was a History major and that does not always mesh well with technology. I did become internet savvy, which prior to college I did not have the opportunity to get to know. I received a Towson University email account and soon I opened an AOL email account. I would add a Comcast and Yahoo email account to this by the end of my 5 years. Thanks to friends and other trends I would also have a livejournal account, a MySpace, and a Facebook by the end of my bachelorette program. My technology general education requirement that I had taken was ISTC 201: Using Information Effectively in Education. I took this class in the spring of 2002, but the only thing I learned new in this class was how to use Microsoft PowerPoint.
I was only really equipped to use a PC until I began working at the B&O Railroad Museum in the fall of 2005 after I graduated from Towson University. My office computer was a Mac so I was literally forced into learning how to use it. It wasn’t all that different from a PC once I got the hang of things. It also helped me that my brother, who was living with us at the time, had a Mac Book. He really helped me figure things out. I can proudly say that I am now both PC and Mac literate.
When I came back to school for my Graduate degree in the fall of 2009 at Towson University I decided to go into library studies, which was something I always wanted to do. Towson University has this track under Instructional Technology so I had to take more technology courses than I had taken in the past. Last semester I took ISTC 541: Foundations in Instructional Technology. I learned many new things in this class, such as how to use a wiki, Glogster, Microsoft Moviemaker, blackboard, and we expanded on PowerPoint. We did touch on Excel and graphs, but sadly I am still a loss at this program. I learned a lot in that class, and I hope to expand on that knowledge in this class.
Communication Technology had always been my strong spot until I have become more strongly equipped for the computer. I was always a big talker on the telephone as a child and teenager. I would spend hours chatting to my friends and cousins on the telephone. I was the first in my house to figure out the voicemail feature of our phone line, which allowed me complete control of the answering machine at my home.
I had a pager all throughout high school. That was the big thing back then. I even had one of those voicemail pagers that allowed the person paging you to leave on a voice message instead of the traditional numeric page. Then I would call my number, hit the star button, and then enter my password to listen to the message.
I purchased my first cell phone in the spring of 2001. My father paid for it for me since he was worried about me commuting from Brooklyn Park to Towson every day for school. The cell phone has never frightened me; I always saw it as a hodgepodge of pager meeting the telephone. I quickly learned to use the others features from ringtones, texting, to mobile internet. I must say the mobile internet has come in handy with my Facebook obsession. Texting has literally broken me from talking on the telephone. I now just text people and a loathe talking on the phone now.
Shantiya Gilchrist: Techno biography
Shantiya Gilchrist: Techno biography
Since birth, I have observed the transition of technology in our society. I have watched technology transform from the most simplistic to the most complex. Technology started out as a recreation activity, however is a basic necessity in society today. Technology has impacted my life in many ways from birth through today.
I don't remember technology being used for a lot of things when I was born. One of my first memories was singing along with my mother to her favorite artist from an album. These albums were huge and round. They were played on a record player. VHS were highly used during this time period also. I learned about the different modes of the VCR by watching my first videos, such as learning what the play and pause button was used for. It was awkward because the record player set on top of the radio, and they were used separately. While riding in cars, I realized that we didn't use Cd's but tape cassettes. These cassettes were miniature tape recordings. Cassette tapes lasted for years. I had a premature understanding of technology when I was younger.
I really became exposed to technology in school. My first usage of a computer took place in my elementary computer lab. These computers were large white systems. During this time, I had no idea about the Internet. I just remember playing games on the computer, which were programmed on a disc. In elementary school, I remember viewing films on film projectors. Because film projectors were so complicated, this use of technology wasn't used in the classroom. Technology was a bit separated from school. Taking a step away from technology in the classroom, I remember some technology use at home. I remember my household having at least four telephones that were plugged in the wall. Telephone conversations had to take place in one area. People could not travel around the house to have phone conversations, because the cord only stretched so far. People also used pay phones during the nineteen nineties. During the early nineties, pagers were widely used. This was a better communication device to get in contact with people faster. A few years later, my household updated our telephones with cordless phones. Cordless phones were a huge upgrade, because people were able to multitask and have phone conversations at the same time.
During middle school, technology began to become more and more advance. Cassette tapes begin to fade out. They were replaced with Cd's. Cd's were a more complex way of listening to music. VCR and VHS were fading out as well. They were replace with DVDs. I liked DVDs because they were smaller and more manageable. Systems include a VCR and DVD player. CD players were widely used in middle school. Students listened to their music on walk man's.
As I entered high school, technology was evolving rapidly. I had to take and pass a technology class in high school. Computers were used in wide spread. People threw encyclopedias and dictionaries to the side to surf the web to find information. Lap top use was being used at home along with desktop computers. The birth of MP3 players took place during this time. IPOD'S were the most commonly used player. I can never forget the technology that changed my life forever, my very first cell phone. Cell phones were the most fastest way to communicate with people. The cell phone is the technology device that I have had the most of.
Today technology is a part of our every day life. People rarely communicate through mail. They can send emails straight from their cell phones, a computer is no longer needed to send emails. Music can be listened to on our cell phones as well. Our cell phones has become a mini office for us. Digital cameras are also a big thing. Not only do they take pictures but also record videos. A lot of people leisure time is spent surfing the net and communicating on social networks such as facebook. Most houses I enter today have flat screen televisions, DVD players, and blue ray disc players. I am sure that technology will become more unimaginable complex in the future.
Since birth, I have observed the transition of technology in our society. I have watched technology transform from the most simplistic to the most complex. Technology started out as a recreation activity, however is a basic necessity in society today. Technology has impacted my life in many ways from birth through today.
I don't remember technology being used for a lot of things when I was born. One of my first memories was singing along with my mother to her favorite artist from an album. These albums were huge and round. They were played on a record player. VHS were highly used during this time period also. I learned about the different modes of the VCR by watching my first videos, such as learning what the play and pause button was used for. It was awkward because the record player set on top of the radio, and they were used separately. While riding in cars, I realized that we didn't use Cd's but tape cassettes. These cassettes were miniature tape recordings. Cassette tapes lasted for years. I had a premature understanding of technology when I was younger.
I really became exposed to technology in school. My first usage of a computer took place in my elementary computer lab. These computers were large white systems. During this time, I had no idea about the Internet. I just remember playing games on the computer, which were programmed on a disc. In elementary school, I remember viewing films on film projectors. Because film projectors were so complicated, this use of technology wasn't used in the classroom. Technology was a bit separated from school. Taking a step away from technology in the classroom, I remember some technology use at home. I remember my household having at least four telephones that were plugged in the wall. Telephone conversations had to take place in one area. People could not travel around the house to have phone conversations, because the cord only stretched so far. People also used pay phones during the nineteen nineties. During the early nineties, pagers were widely used. This was a better communication device to get in contact with people faster. A few years later, my household updated our telephones with cordless phones. Cordless phones were a huge upgrade, because people were able to multitask and have phone conversations at the same time.
During middle school, technology began to become more and more advance. Cassette tapes begin to fade out. They were replaced with Cd's. Cd's were a more complex way of listening to music. VCR and VHS were fading out as well. They were replace with DVDs. I liked DVDs because they were smaller and more manageable. Systems include a VCR and DVD player. CD players were widely used in middle school. Students listened to their music on walk man's.
As I entered high school, technology was evolving rapidly. I had to take and pass a technology class in high school. Computers were used in wide spread. People threw encyclopedias and dictionaries to the side to surf the web to find information. Lap top use was being used at home along with desktop computers. The birth of MP3 players took place during this time. IPOD'S were the most commonly used player. I can never forget the technology that changed my life forever, my very first cell phone. Cell phones were the most fastest way to communicate with people. The cell phone is the technology device that I have had the most of.
Today technology is a part of our every day life. People rarely communicate through mail. They can send emails straight from their cell phones, a computer is no longer needed to send emails. Music can be listened to on our cell phones as well. Our cell phones has become a mini office for us. Digital cameras are also a big thing. Not only do they take pictures but also record videos. A lot of people leisure time is spent surfing the net and communicating on social networks such as facebook. Most houses I enter today have flat screen televisions, DVD players, and blue ray disc players. I am sure that technology will become more unimaginable complex in the future.
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