Hello World!
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I am brand new to blogging. This is my very first blog! I am an instructional technology resource teacher for Amherst County Public Schools in Amherst,
It’s funny how I came into the digital world. Over twenty years ago I had just completed my undergraduate degree. I was newly married and was taking a graduate class. My brother, who is six years younger than I, had just purchased a new Tandy. He didn‘t have money to buy a monitor. He went to the flea market and got an old black and white television to use as a monitor. He was very proud of his computer but to me, it looked like junk!
After much pleading, my brother convinced me to use his computer to type a paper for class; and with much skepticism, I attempted it. It didn‘t go over very well as I was use to a manual typewriter. Every time the cursor got to the edge of the screen, I hit return. I really fussed when I previewed my paper and saw that it was a huge mess! My brother tried to show me how to correct the alignment but I was trying to push him out of the way. With the two of us fighting over the computer, someone hit the wrong button and my entire paper was lost! I was furious and said very ugly things to my brother. Shame on me!
Anyway, after almost 25 years I have finally arrived in the digital world. It amuses me that teachers in my district with which I work, think of me as a techno-guru. I had a long hard journey to this place and I know I still have a lot to learn. The really funny thing is that now I am learning not from my baby brother, but often from my 17 year old son.
