INST 605 Computer Refelction

Computer technology has drastically improved over the course of my life.   My father was a Computer Analyst, so, I had the privileged of having on in my home my entire childhood.  Computers have affected me in many ways.

Once my father began to let me use the computer for games, I learned a sense of value.  It was made clear to me that computers were not cheap.  I learned how to take care of electronics which trickled down to other things in my life. While learning the basic functions of the computer my curiosity begin to increase.  Experimentation began to occur more often and before I knew it, I learned knew things about the system and how it worked.  This came in handy because it gave me a venue to be helpful to my mother who was not very computer literate.

Computer impacted me socially because I was able to to contact old friends and make new friends in a different medium.   I was able to locate many childhood friends due to the use of computers.  The use of email and social media technology improved my social life because I did not have to talk to people when it was not desired.  Before text messaging became popular it was a useful tool to remember previous conversations.  Features like this allow computers to be associated a sentimental value.

Computers have a social, structural, and educational affect on my life.  These threes areas have helped add a level of convenience to other aspects of my life.  As the technology continues to grow their will be more instances where they will impact my life.