Somewhere between generation X and the millennial generation fell a small, group of children who grew up with very little tech. In our late teens we were then thrust into a world of tech as it developed at a surprisingly fast rate. If you look up generation x and the millennial generation, you will see that one ends in the "early 1980's" and the other begins in the "early 1980's".
I am a part of that ambiguous window of overlapping time.
People who owned a home computer were in the minority. I typed DOS code, played the original Oregon Trail in school and a typewriter was often more exciting than using a computer. We used rotary phones and drug 1 mile long extension phone cords across the house to talk to our friends and family. We had to WAIT on someone to call us back and sometimes people didn't have answering machines!
In high school, I had a pager long before I ever had a cell phone. We had to learn that what we had been taught was a #pound sign was actually transformed into a #hashtag and how to use it. I was a resistant young adult who refused to text and still sought the value in a voice conversation. Needless to say, A LOT has changed in the last 17-20 years in the world of technology and the way we use it.
In retrospect, we were always ready, the technology just wasn't there yet.
No matter what generation you were born in, the technology is going to develop and change and if you are a teacher, it happens daily, right before your eyes.
Today, I teach Visual Art to middle schoolers in the North Texas area and yes, we use a TON of tech for an art room.
I hope you use this site to empower yourself, evolve and I am here to take you all the way down the rabbit hole. If you wish.
I am a part of that ambiguous window of overlapping time.
People who owned a home computer were in the minority. I typed DOS code, played the original Oregon Trail in school and a typewriter was often more exciting than using a computer. We used rotary phones and drug 1 mile long extension phone cords across the house to talk to our friends and family. We had to WAIT on someone to call us back and sometimes people didn't have answering machines!
In high school, I had a pager long before I ever had a cell phone. We had to learn that what we had been taught was a #pound sign was actually transformed into a #hashtag and how to use it. I was a resistant young adult who refused to text and still sought the value in a voice conversation. Needless to say, A LOT has changed in the last 17-20 years in the world of technology and the way we use it.
In retrospect, we were always ready, the technology just wasn't there yet.
No matter what generation you were born in, the technology is going to develop and change and if you are a teacher, it happens daily, right before your eyes.
Today, I teach Visual Art to middle schoolers in the North Texas area and yes, we use a TON of tech for an art room.
I hope you use this site to empower yourself, evolve and I am here to take you all the way down the rabbit hole. If you wish.
Jillian Richards
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