I have really been thinking a lot lately about technology and the part it plays in my life. If I look closer at my daily activities I realize that technology does play a larger role than I previously understood. From my daily activities at work to the task I perform on the computer when I get home, it is definitly there.
What I do not do with technology is actively pursue it. I do not try out the latest gadgets, I do not go looking for new and improved items on the internet and I am easily stymed by what I do come across. As I have sat in this class for the past month and listened to the conservations around me and the lectures, I am beginning to see that I am behind. That is a hard thing for me to admit! Here I am a graduate student in a field kept alive by the very thing that I have refused to embrace or even understand. I am sure I have missed out and side-stepped opportunities because I thought it was too much.
I have truly enjoyed the classes I have had in the program so far and I do not say that flippantly. I have done well and have watched my confidence bloom and grow with each passing assignment. Just ask my husband, I was so scared when I first began the program! I thought for sure I had made a huge mistake, not the case!
Do not get me wrong I still get frightened by an assignment every now and then, but I am more easily calmed because of the things I have done well on. All that to say I am ready to learn about technology, I need to learn about technology. It is all around me, it will be a large part of the job I one day hold and I cannot stay ignorant of it forever. I am hoping that my previous successes with other classes in the program will help me to have the confidence I need to do well now. I am excited to see what this semester holds and what new things I can discover on my journey.
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One thing that's true about this field, especially these days, is there is plenty of new technology out there to experiment with. I understand how you feel about missing out on things. I have found that just picking one new thing to work with at a time, and getting to know it pretty well has helped my confidence level immensely. I discovered Flickr about a year ago, I spent a lot of time exploring that; then I found out about blogs, and I spent lots of time playing around with them...the more I play, the more I learn, and the more confident I feel about trying other things!
I too feel as though I have missed out on a lot of technology. I find myself struggling with the littlest things. For example, when we had to put a picture on our profile I had the hardest time. I find myself getting all worked up over the problem and then once I switch to something else somewhere down the line I figure out the problem and it wasn’t as hard as I made it. I am determined to make technology my friend again!
I, too, have had times when I have felt completely left behind by technology. Fortunately, I have enough experience and enough confidence (and enough friends to rely on) that I just dive in, humiliate myself for a while, and finally feel comfortable. It's all part of the process.
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