One of my earliest memories of technology was in my elementary school computer class. Going to computer class was fun and interesting. We utilized a software called “Mavis Beacon Typing” and we had to follow prompts that guided us to place our fingers on the “home keys” (A,S,D,F,G,H,J,K,L) and practice typing various words and letters in a synchronized pattern. My computer teacher “Mrs. J” would give us a about 25mins-30mins of the typing software and then she would come around and check our progress. If we finished before everyone else, we were able to play a game where we had to direct a bear to create a birthday cake. In the game, we had to locate the ingredients for the bear and then make him mix and bake the birthday cake. I recall this game being soooo fun. Whenever I finished making my cake, I would be anxious to have anyone come and see it. On Fridays in computer class, we typically had a “free day”. This “free day” consisted of using the headphones along with the computer to listen to music and visiting the webpages of our favorite celebrities.  I recall a time in 6th grade where my computer experience got violent. I was sitting at the computer admiring the new website of my childhood crush “Lil Bow Wow”, when an 8th grader came and pressed “Esc” which automatically closed my screen. When I saw my beloved “Lil Bow Wow” disappear before my eyes, I was enraged and filled with adrenaline. SSSSMMMAAAACCCKKKK! I had slapped this 8th grader in the face. When I looked up, blood was on his shirt and I was told to go to the principal’s office. I was not remorseful at the time. In my mind, I wasn’t done with the computer and he knew that because the entire class was still sitting at their respective computers. Am I remorseful now? No. However, I am embarrassed that I let a celebrity whom I didn’t really know have such an effect on me that I would be upset when I was inadvertently dismissed from his website.

Another early memory I have of technology are the various game systems that my siblings and I owned. For example, I played sega genesis, PlayStation, PlayStation II, XBox, and Wii. One of the major differences of these game systems were the graphics of the games we played with them. Sega Genesis games were full of wide pixels. PlayStation games were more realistic. XBox graphics were even more realistic (characters’ hair blowing in the wind). Below is an example of “Asuka” from Tekken

Click the image and see the realistic graphics 🙂