Thursday, March 15, 2012
Technology and Me~Perfect Together?
Yessirree~I am a technological immigrant. During the past month, in particular, I have experienced 'the unknown' like never before. I have been uprooted, re-routed, re-teched, re-passworded, skyped, googled, Geeked, iPaded, mobilized (unmobilized, immobilized, AND re-mobilized)...I have met IT people at Best Buy, SCCC, MSU, and my own home. I have hacked my way through a jungle of Adobe versions, Microsoft Office and Word downloads. I have gotten lost in the National Writing Project interactive, on the Columbia University campus, and in the MSU IRB application process. Even at work, all of the computers and systems have been updated, re-vamped, and tweaked beyond recognition. I've had viruses, dead batteries, and empty ink cartridges chase me in my sleep. Now that I have replaced my five-year-old Dell, I hope the worst is behind me. I mean, is this what it can be like to be transplanted into a new land without knowing the language or the culture? Being so unskilled with technology at 50 is like being a stranger in a strange land...Prensky was right to label someone like me an immigrant...Not to worry, though. I WILL figure this tech out!!
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"Stranger in a Strange Land"~Thank you, Robert A. Heinlein!
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