I stepped into a whole new world this week. I can now, officially, be added to the iPhone club. I'm learning how to use it and find new things each week. I can't believe all that it can do (if only it could wash the dishes and clean the house!). As I'm sitting here, I'm thinking about how much technology has changed in my lifetime, which in turn makes me think of how much will change in the lifetime of my son and my students.
We didn't have a computer until I was in fourth grade and that was just to run a word processing program. When I was in high school, we had an updated computer and internet access! By the time I was writing papers in college I chose to visit the campus library online instead of sitting in the library for hours doing research.
Even though I say I'm old, it really hasn't been that long since I was writing papers in college. Now, I access the internet anytime, anywhere from my phone. While I have been using a smart phone for about a year, the change to an iPhone has really made me think about technology.
All of the things I've learned in the past year (in my master's program) have taught me and my students so much. I can't believe how much technology has evolved and how much technology has changed my teaching! It seems that technology has made my job of teaching more meaningful and more engaging! How has technology changed in your lifetime? What does technology do for you?
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Technology and how much it has changed is amazing. Way back in the Dark Ages (when I was in elementary school) hand-held computers were seen only in science fiction. I remember when my high school bought 3 computers and offered computer programming as a class. In college I used a type writer.
It's strange that I have to describe what a typewriter is to my kids. Technology is a natural part of their lives and has become an important tool in mine.
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