Electronic Literacy

Technologies are a great support for humans; they help us making our lives easier in any term. For me the technologies are mainly useful in educational aspects. I can remember how I started in the use of these technologies, as I can say how I am using them nowadays, and how I think that they will help me in the future.

First I am going to place myself the first time I used a computer. I was 8 years old, and my mother bought me and my sister a computer, I remember that I was the only guy in my classroom who had a computer. I remember that I did not dare to turn it on if my sister was not with me, because I felt that maybe I could do something that may break down the computer, so it took me a lot of time to learn how to use it. I learned how to use “Microsoft Word” when I get in the Junior High School, because only one teacher asked us to present the homework printed.

Next point is the way I use technology nowadays. In the present I use the computer not only to do homework, I also use it to chat with friends using the “Windows Live Messenger”, to listen music while I am looking for something in the net, doing my homework or playing videogames. I think that I use the Internet and my computer more to have fun and entertainment than for educative purposes, but I think that the main importance of the internet is to make easy the way to obtain information, which helps me a lot when I have investigation homework.

Last point is about the future with technology. I see myself in the future more dependent of technology, I think that I will not be able to live in this world without a computer with internet access, I mean, if nowadays I get bored when I am without internet, what can I expect in the future when it will become more than just a way to spend time?, actually the future is on the technology. Life is 50% real life, 50% virtual life, I think that in the future it will become 20% real life, and 80% virtual life, I really hope that, at least, my life would not turn in that way.

As conclusion, I can say that technology is very helpful for me, and it is a way to get entertained and to spend time, but I can see that since I met technology, it has evolved in a very fast way, and not only that, nowadays it has become a necessity, as in the past years the necessity of humans to socialize, the technology has become that important for many people, and in the future it will become a very essential part of any human life.