If it weren't for the fast pace of technology I would not be here (in hyperspace with you) today. Three years ago I started taking courses towards earning my Masters of Library Science. I attend classes online and I will never have to step foot on campus in order to earn my degree. (That's good, because it is in Connecticut!) I have had classmates from Connecticut, Long Island, Washington State, Japan, and Spain. (And that was just last semester.)
So here are my thoughts about technology...having been removed from the academic environment for over ten years when I decided to go back to school, I was unprepared for the culture shock of working with technology in every aspect of schoolwork. I spent 11 hours on the computer for my first "day" of class, and then I spent another hour crying in the shower afterwards because it was all too overwhelming. It was a new language, a new world, and a fast pace I was unused to. But having come from retail...and vowing to NEVER return to the whirling vortex of the black hole of life that is retail ... I returned to the computer, read slowly, and inched my way forward.
I started off examining pictures of a motherboard and a sound card, and I moved towards researching my papers online through WilsonWeb and Ebsco, and playing around with Publisher and Access. Eventually I was comfortable importing pictures, exporting music, and designing CD labels for party favors.
And my first question to my first teacher online was: What is a blog?
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