Technology Autobiography

"The popular gadgets in my house while growing up were Super Nintendo (of course), the TV and VCR, and the stereo. The most important gadget, though, was our video camera. My parents videotaped every holiday, occasion, special event, or touching moment! We have so many home videos and now that I am older, I really appreciate all the effort they put into making them. I love to watch them and see how I was as a little girl. The video that always stands out in my mind is the one that captures my 4-year-old birthday party. My parents videotaped my cousins and me playing musical chairs while my favorite song (back then) played in the background, True Blue by Madonna. I always did this little dance when it came on because I was so excited to hear it."

This is an excerpt from my technology autobiography, the first assignment we had to do for our Intro to Computers class. We had to describe the experiences we've had with technology throughout our lives. When we were first given this assignment, I was not looking forward to it! I had little experience with technology, so I had no clue what I was going to write about. However, as I started writing, I actually enjoyed it and learned a lot about myself in the process. I loved reflecting on my experiences with technology as I was growing up because it brought back a lot of great childhood memories, such as the one described above. The weekend I went home after finishing my technology autobiography, I watched the video of my birthday party. It made me laugh and cry to see myself dancing around the chairs in my favorite pink and gray dress, enthusiastically singing along. I surprisingly knew a lot of the words for a 4-year-old! I didn't even care whether I won or lost the game; I just kept dancing around in a circle with the rest of the kids that were left, happy as can be, despite the fact I was eliminated a long time before.

Since we have completed this assignment, I have learned so much about technology it's incredible. I have learned how to blog (yeah!), how to time music and insert hyperlinks in PowerPoint, how to do mailmerge in Word, and many other things. This class will definitely help me in my career as an elementary school teacher.

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Technology Autobiography

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