I must say, that while I'm pretty savvy when it comes to using technology, I quite often find myself wishing I could escape my constant connectedness to Facebook, Twitter, Google (and all its awe-inspiring functions), and every other tool that work and school require me to maintain. Just last year for my birthday, my family ever-so kindly gave me a Nook so that I could enter into the "new-age" of book-reading, much to my dismay (I did gripe about it and how I prefer flipping the crisp pages of "real" books). All of these things are handy, yes, but I really like being old school. Nevertheless, I realize that if I plan to survive and even succeed through employment and maintain communication with friends, family and co-workers, my attitude has to change and I need to step beyond just knowing how to use all these incredible technological features and actually utilize their functions.
This is not the first blog I've maintained (the first served as an account of my semester-long study abroad adventures and the second continues to report many of my musings). However, this blog will provide a glimpse of the lessons and techniques I develop this semester in my Monday evening IT class. I hope to make this as exciting as possible, although my wit may wane at times. So, welcome to the first post, and hopefully by the end, I'm gonna love keeping up with modern technology in a new and snazzy way!
Cheers,
Diane
