Kiosk Project
Differences in Technology: Let's Start With Birth!
"Grandma--When I was 25-years-old, I had twins. In those days, they didn’t have ultrasounds, sonograms and all high tech stuff in the hospital or with the doctor. I was told I was going to have one big baby. Well, I was on the table and I gave birth to a little boy. I was about to hold him in my arms and relax when the doctor said, ‘Move the camera back, move the mirror back! You are having twins Fran’. I said: 'Twins, but how will I feed them?!'”
"Grandpa--I was working for Pepsi Cola at the time and I was in the middle of a delivery. I called the hospital and asked how she was doing. They told me, ‘Your wife just had twins!’. I said ‘My name is Bosland, B-O-S-L-A-N-D!’ I just couldn’t believe it. I thought they had to be talking about someone else!”
This is an excerpt from my Kiosk Project. We had to create a PowerPoint presentation using the material from our 18 Going 80 interview and our Technology Autobiography. The goal was to compare my generation's experiences with technology to theirs. It's amazing how much our lives have changed over the years. Back then, everything was so much more simple! They had party line telephone systems, a far way off from cell phones, and iceboxes instead of refrigerators. They listened to music through a phonograph, not through a blasting stereo system or a CD player, and entertainment was mostly provided by the radio and the outdoors. Our society is so technologically advanced today, it's incredibly. It was extremely interesting to see how current technology has affected my grandparents' lifestyles since their childhood. Both of them frequently use the Internet but my grandma, especially, is very much "with the times". She constantly talks to her friends through AOL Instant Messenger and chatrooms, sends her friends pictures she's taken via e-mail, and plays games on POGO.com. Grandpa is currently learning how to pay his bills online and he is ecstatic that he'll save money on stamps for envelopes and won't have to wonder whether or not his bills will get where they need to on time.
Making the PowerPoint with the information was also educational. I was surprised to find that there were a lot of things I didn't know about using PowerPoint, such as inserting buttons and incorporating an outside music file. I am so proud that I learned how to incorporate music into my presentation and time it perfectly with the slides!
If you'd like to read more of my Kiosk Project, click here: Kiosk Project
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posted by Amanda @ 11/29/2005 05:44:00 PM
1 Comments:
Doug-
I think that our modern dependency on technology is incredibly scary! Our lives would just completely fall into shambles if weren't able to have access to computers and Internet. My grandparent's generation got along just fine without all the conveniences and luxuries we have today, but we have come such a long way, that survival without cell phones and air conditioner seems nearly impossible. The technological progress we’ve made so far is great, but is there ever a stopping point? For example, I don’t want my classroom to be completely technological because we can’t truly rely on technology, especially when it comes to computers. Teachers need to make sure they continue to use traditional techniques in the classroom in addition to the more convenient advanced educational methods because if our access to technology ever crashes, we will be in serious trouble. Also, I feel that sometimes technology reduces the personal aspect that is so critical in everyone's lives, especially growing children's.
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