Vernon FantTechno-

autobiography

SED-420Educational Technology

Early Experiences w/ Technological

Devices

TOILET

•Before potty training, this was my favorite source of entertainment.

Earliest Use

I was later taught, the proper use of the toilet.

• The transition was catastrophic.

Interactions

• The toaster was my next encounter with technology.

• I realized everything does not go inside of it.

Popular Gadgets

•The Remote Control

•Everyone would be miserable when it was lost

Who is most “Technology

Literate” in my lifeMy close friend,

Charles Sutton, had exposed me to various

types of equipment, ranging from hardware to

music studio.

Social Consequences/Potenti

al Impacts

• E-mail• Text messaging• Instant messenger

Technology Literate

• Presently, we are competing with computers and working with technology for jobs.

• In the near future, many jobs and/or workers will be replaced by computers.

• Our knowledge and skills of technology has put us in a position that we are dependant of computers.

How do you learn technologies?

• I am a tactile and visual learner, tell me how to do it and it may never get done.

What technologies are on my desk?

“WISH LIST”