Vernon Fant Techno-autobiography

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Vernon FantTechno-autobiography

• SED-420
• Educational Technology

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Early Experiences w/ Technological Devices

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

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Earliest Use

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

• The transition was catastrophic.

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Interactions

• The toaster was my next encounter with
  technology.
• I realized everything does not go inside of it.

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Popular Gadgets

• The Remote Control
• Everyone would be miserable when it was lost

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Who is most Technology Literate in my life

• My close friend, Charles Sutton, had exposed me
  to various types of equipment, ranging from
  hardware to music studio.

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Social Consequences/Potential Impacts

• E-mail
• Text messaging
• Instant messenger

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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.

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How do you learn technologies?

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

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What technologies are on my desk?
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WISH LIST