I ask myself how I use technology. When was the last time I used an a phone book, looked up an Encyclopedia or even wrote a letter ? The questions interest me for where we are headed and how it will affect all of us.
When I was at secondary school we had a computer room and classes were allocated time per week. Now Primary School children have multiple PCs in their rooms. I have been given instructions on using Microsoft Publisher by a someone who still has their baby teeth. A whole new language exists that you have to use when sending an SMS and emails are replacing the written letter. All of this has been written about in newspapers, magazines and debated in a public forum but I wonder about the reality of technology and what it means to me.
Being part of the X Generation we are in the middle of what has become a technology explosion. Daily I use the internet to search for everything from clothing, shoes to the latest supermarket specials to looking up information to make me better informed about daily issues. I hear something has happened out in the big wide world I am on the Age or ABC website for the immediate lowdown! And there it is immediate. It is all about the I want it now. No waiting for the paper or the evening news..... no way!
The more I am learning about what is available the less capable and informed I feel....but hey that's okay there's a website somewhere with lessons on what I don't know!!!!!!!!
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