Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Me & Technology

Honestly, I am technology challenged. it is taking me forever just to complete this simple assignment! I just bought a laptop over Winter break because I refused to buy one any earlier and I am still trying to figure out how to use it. As far as technology on the internet, I use Facebook and AOL Instant Messenger. This is my first time blogging and it is making me nervous. Facebook is increasingly making me more nervous since it is not as private as it was. I think I will benefit from this class tremendously and afterwards I will feel technology saavy!

Since you are from Virginia Beach also, you are probably familiar with Landstown High School, the Technology Academy. I was not in the Tech Academy, but I did reap the benefits of going to a new high school. As I mentioned in class, we had televisions in every classroom so students were able to produce the morning news and use that journalistic technology. We also had sets of laptops for classes and were able to use them for certain assignments. In my senior year, we used the laptops frequently to type pieces for our senior portfolios. Before then, I never used a laptop and though I am not a pro, it helped me have a general familiarity.