As a writer I find technology to be extremely useful. Writing papers and stories is so much easier when you have a keyboard to use. Often times I will be out places and a thought or idea strikes me with inspiration. Very rarely do I have a piece of paper or a pencil to write said idea down on. I do, however, always have my smartphone on me. I use this to write my ideas down in a notepad app or tweet them to my followers on twitter. Writing is a quicker process with the use of technology. Research is also very much easier to accomplish. I work in a library and help people do research all the time. Card catalogues of olden days are long in the past thanks to internet access and online database collections. Search engines quickly find and present information pertaining to your search query rather than scanning shelves of books to find a similar topic.
I would definitely have to say that I am a digital native. I have had computers in my house for as long as I can remember. When Macs first came out my father went out and bought one immediately. I had to have been around five or six maybe (honestly, I can't remember). It was just always there. We went from one computer in the house to now, including smart phones and tablets, having ten digital devices capable of using the internet. In the learning environment it is both easier and harder to focus on work while on the internet. I find myself constantly drifting through the internet on websites such as stumble upon.com or pinterest.com rather than doing homework that I know needs to get done. In the past I was never like this, but now social media and entertainment has crept into my educational time.
As a writer I find technology to be extremely useful. Writing papers and stories is so much easier when you have a keyboard to use. Often times I will be out places and a thought or idea strikes me with inspiration. Very rarely do I have a piece of paper or a pencil to write said idea down on. I do, however, always have my smartphone on me. I use this to write my ideas down in a notepad app or tweet them to my followers on twitter. Writing is a quicker process with the use of technology. Research is also very much easier to accomplish. I work in a library and help people do research all the time. Card catalogues of olden days are long in the past thanks to internet access and online database collections. Search engines quickly find and present information pertaining to your search query rather than scanning shelves of books to find a similar topic.
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AlexisMaster of Fine Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts, Rowan University alumna, sister of Theta Phi Alpha, and future YA author extraordinaire. Archives
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