Techno Literacy Memoir-End

I think that it is truly amazing how far cellular phones have come over the last two decades.  I can remember when I was a child my mom had one of the classic brick phones that was truly a car phone.  She could take the phone out of the car if she wanted, but it was so heavy so she just elected to leave her cellular phone in the car.  Today phones can barely be seen and the means of communication are so much more advanced.  There are many smart phones on the market that allow people to have true mobile communication with the entire world through text messages, email, and voice communication.  Personally, I prefer to talk to people on the phone, but i find myself text messaging much more these days.  For me my iphone has become a part of my personality and who I am as an individual over the past year.  I have become completely addicted to my iphone because of the convenience that it allows me.  I am able to check my email, instant message, listen to music, and access many other applications from the palm of my hand.  When i do not have my iphone with me I feel as if I am missing my security blanket, and cannot make it through the day.  My iphone, a life altering device, has truly affected my daily life, for it is the last thing that I see at nigh at the fist thing that I hear in the morning.  Every night before I go to sleep I check my phone to ensure that I have set my alarm for the proper time and every morning I wake up to the blaring sound of my phone alarm.  Once I leave home in the morning I always make sure that I have my technology companion with me; although, there have been instances when I have left my phone at home.  I don't like to leave my phone at home, but I have learned that I can go a few hours without checking an application on my phone. If I had to chose my favorite writing media today it would be my cell phone because I am writing on it all day. My emails are sent directly to my phone and I feel as if I have to read to the emails and respond immediately after I feel my phone vibrate. I have also perfected the art of text messaging and I can even text without looking. Then my yahoo instant messenger prompts me to write all day which increases communication with my friends and family. Some people feel differently about mobile technology, but I have a certain level of comfort when I have my cell phone. Is my addiction weird? I don't think so!

Techno Literacy Memoir-Middle

The computer was not a new concept to the world, but it was fairly new to me when I began to learn how to use a computer.  As a child I was fortunate enough to have a computer in my home.  The home that I grew up in was strictly a Macintosh friendly home.  In our house PC's were not admired, for the only product that we ever used was an apple.  My family's Mac truly contributed to the writing literacy that I have achieved today.  My parents afforded my sister and I the opportunity to utilize the computer for school related activities and sometimes for fun.  I had the luxury of doing homework and playing games from the comfort of my home.  My parents even purchased games such as typing games to help my sister and I increase our typing ability.  By the time I reached the sixth grade, when i took a keyboarding class, I already knew how to type.  My first memory of computers in school would probably be when I was in the third grade and my teacher, Ms. Dalcoure, would take my class to the computer lab.  In the lab our class would complete interactive learning lessons, which was very fun and educational.  Today the computer is probably most used for Internet purposes to collect information from online databases for research and other purposes. I remember when I was in elementary school and I had to go to the card catalogue to search for books. When I got to middle school students were taught how to use the online catalogue, which was much easier. The internet is used a lot, and is one of the passports that enables us to keep up with life and modern times. Computers have really evolved over the past few years and the original machines look so ancient. Today computers are so much thinner, faster, and more capable of completing complex task. It is kind of scary to think about what the future holds for computers!

Techno Literacy Memoir-Beginning

Technology plays an enormous role in the lives of many people including myself.  I use many means of technology on a daily basis that helps me to cope with my day.  I am a firm believer that technology can help to form an individual's personlaity and it can also conform to an individual's personality.  I think that there are both pros and cons to the advancement of technology.  Technology can be man's best friend or it can hinder individuals from performing to their full capacity.  In my life my good technology experiences definitely out way the bad, for technology has helped me immensely.  My earliest memory of technology has to be the television; although, my parents would limit the amount of television that my sister and I would watch.  Like most children, I was a major fan of Sesame Street and I even had the wallpaper on my bedroom walls until I was 13 years old.  The thing that I distinctly remember about my wallpaper is that the alphabet was scattered all over my wall in different colors.  When my parents decided to decorate my room I guess they really believed in the message that the Sesame Street producers were trying to get across. Another show that has been big in my life is Wheel of Fortune. Every time I went to my grandparents house as a child I knew we were going to watch Wheel of Fortune. I became a really big fand of the show and now I can predict the meaning of many puzzles.  I think that in this day and age people have become so accustomed to using technology that they don't even realize that technology is being utilized.  For example, we take small things for granted such as using a remote control to operate the television.  For many years after televisions were first invented remote controls didn't even exist.  People probably don't realize how much they rely on their remote controls until the batteries go out.

As a child I was not a big video game junky, but I did enjoy other types of games such as bop-it.  I was introduced to bop-it by my cousin at about the age of ten.  Bop-it was fun, but it also forced me to pay close attention and concentrate on the directions that were given by the game.

I never had the nintendo game system, but I did have the Sega Genesis. The only games that I would play on Sega were Pac Man, Sonic The Hedgehog, and The Paper boy. I quickly out grew the video game phase, and didn't get another game system until I was in college. I thought that I had to have the Playstation 2, but I quickly learned that it was a waste of money because I never played the games.