My first technology experience was on a computer that was so big it had it's own office, how did I get this position, I was the unlucky one, the new girl in the office someone had to be trained and I was it. That was a long time ago but it was the beginning of my love of technology. I now am a self confessed computer geek and gadget freak, if there is a new technology out there, I need to experience it. I believe that technology has completely changed the world we live in, right now I'm doing a research paper that should take weeks and weeks of library time, instead I've logged into our library, went through the databases and extracted the materials I needed, this was done in a few hours. I still have to put in the time to read it all, but the access was so much easier. Another major improvement is that I can not find the time to read the paper every morning but I can log on and find out any major news events from the evening before.
I believe that we are living in a world where we are seeing that "literacy" is changing all the time. We have media at our fingertips and this can allow all learners the opportunity to use their strengths in order to acquire knowledge. Students are using technology in their homework and presentations, who would have thought 5 years ago, we'd be taking hybrid classes. I also believe though that not everything can be replaced by technology, nothing to me is better than laying down with a book and getting lost in the world of written pages for a few hours, that being said, I'm picking up my new Harry Potter and heading for the lounge chair.
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