I was waiting for my food at a fast food restaurant the other day. The table next to me was occupied by a an older lady and her friends. She was telling them that they wouldn't be able to e-mail her, because her computer had been 'down' for a couple of months.
First of all, kuddos to the elderly lady for even HAVING an e-mail account!
However, I was struck instantly by the stark fact that there is currently a sharp divide in this country between generations.
Her generation will dabble with e-mail and the Internet.
My generation lives and dies on the computer.
I CANNOT go a single day without using a computer, let alone a couple of months!
I often teach online. There are links to museums that I project on the whiteboard straight from my computer for the students to 'virtually visit'. I communicate with parents online through e-mail and my class blog. I grade online. I journal online (hello!). I pay ALL of my bills online. I research online. I compare prices online. I shop online. I entertain myself online. There are currently two laptops, one desktop, and three WI-FI connected iPods in this house (one of the laptops is my work computer). And we are looking at getting a connected TV and another laptop!
It is just amazing when you realize that this massive change in the way we live has occurred in just the past decade! It makes me wonder what the next great generational divide will be? What will my grandchildren be doing that I would never have dreamed possible today?
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