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Technology, What is it Good For?


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In my first blog post I basically said I was a slave to technology, and it ruled me instead of me ruling it. Here is the link to that blog post. I have to say that while my views on technology have changed, (I will talk more about this in a moment) me being ruled by it has not changed. I still use my iPhone and laptop the same amount that I did before, but I do use it differently.  

What's changed

Having to create a blog was definitely outside my comfort zone when I started this class. This class and being required to blog are the only reasons why I would have a one in the first place. I always had the thought that no one would be interested in reading my opinion about certain things, so I had no need to do a blog. Without going into too much detail about the class I had to take, everything that my professor had us do was new to me, other than using Canvas as the platform to view assignments. Everything that I did was annoying at first, but then I came to love doing it, from the blog to the flip chats, and even using the assignment tracking spreadsheet; I enjoyed using new technology and learning from it.

So, like I said I still use a lot of technology and according to my phone I use too much about 6 hours a day which is the average for millennials, but I have now transitioned to using more useful tools and apps than I was before. I still use Pokémon Go the most out of all the apps, which I honestly don't think will ever change, but other games I was playing or spending my time on, I no longer use. I deleted apps that I wasn't using or just using on occasion, and I haven't even noticed that they are gone.  

The Good About Technology

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I have always known that technology in general is good and has some amazing uses to it. I just was not prepared to learn about all the ways technology can be used in a classroom or a library setting to better the lesson. I was stuck in the era of newly formed technology and how it can be bad for children and keep them from learning or all the danger that could potentially happen. While those things still exist, the positive things I have gleamed from this class and the statics I have read, make me less leery than I was before. In this class alone I used five different types of technology that I had never heard of before and now have an appreciation for and hope to use in the future. 

As simple as it is, having the assignment tracker, which is a google doc, was one of the best things about this class. It was easy to follow and to put in the information. I loved that it was something everyone was able to add to and change. Going forward, with whatever path I take after I graduate with my MLIS degree, I can see me somehow adding this tool in for my lessons. 

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