Technology became a part of my life ever since I was in elementary school when I learned to use a computer in the third grade. It was commonly used to play math and spelling games to expand our knowledge. My mom didn’t understand why we were using computers to learn but she is very old fashion. Then in the sixth grade I just had to have a cell phone, it was the cool thing to have. When I look back at this I realize that technology was brought into my life as something that was normal for everyday use. So I have to say that using technology became a necessity, without them it would become harder to communicate.
I use several types of technology everyday in my life, from listening to my ipod, watching T.V, and going on the internet to using my cell phone I have to admit that my life is corrupted with technology; Without even just of these I feel incomplete. In my life though I can personally say that the most important form of technology in my life that tops off all of these is the internet. Check out this URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOfBKz85Z2A .
The internet I believe was invented to communicate with others and to research information that you couldn’t find otherwise. Some people may use the internet for gaming, doing school work, even looking at porn, buying clothes, or paying bills but I use it for the form of communicating with friends and researching for homework problems. Now that I am in college classes ask for homework to be done online on a personal website called blackboard, where all your grades are also posted.
The technology I use the most in my everyday life is msn instant messenger. This instant messenger became a big part of my life about a year and a half ago when I met my boyfriend. I met him in person then to find out that he lived in another country, so we needed to find a form of communication that would make it easier for this long distance relationship to work. Msn Instant Messenger lets you not only talk live but also share video chat, making the distance between two people just a little easier. There is a down side to this though because now that we share this relationship it makes me rely on this technology in everyday life just to make this relationship work. I can’t go a day without looking at the computer screen; even though I can be doing much more productive things. Forty years ago it wouldn’t have been possible to have a long distance relationship because there was no internet or instant messenger to talk to people around the world, if you wanted to talk to someone very far you would probably just write a letter, now with the internet you can use many different websites to communicate with the people in your life that you can’t see face to face everyday.
The internet has also been very important in my life for researching and finding important information that I couldn’t find otherwise. The internet has been the most important thing to me since beginning school because without it I would have to learn the techniques of using the library and other resources to get the knowledge that I have today.There is so much you can learn just from looking it up on a computer and most of it is free just to look up. By looking up information online it is much more convenient then looking it up in a book or encyclopedia. There is a lot of data added to the internet every day for people to look up information. The internet is also very useful for buying plane tickets and paying bills so you don’t have to waste your time driving to the place.
The second important device of technology that I use is the cell phone. The cell phone has become a very important device in everyone’s life since 1995, without it we cannot go on with our daily lives. The first time I got a cell phone was in the sixth grade and that was for my personal safety while walking home, now today I use it to actually communicate with people and talk with family and friends. Now that I am in college it is harder to get to a computer anytime I want to talk to a family member or friend so I have my cell phone to send out a quick text to tell them I miss them. Cell phones also have internet on them so if you have a quick thing to look up it is very reliable. The ability of calling and texting a person is a good feeling to have when you are far from them.
Technology has made a big impact in my life because I was raised into making all technology a necessity.
