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1. I have lived through the evolution of technology, and therefore, my perspective on the language of it is the same as the students I will be teaching's perspective. There will be some differences, because I have seen how technology evolved from some of the earliest Apple computers. My first computer was an Apple II, so I know what it's like to use and understand the older technology, as well as having the newest possible technology now. The students will only have known some of the newest technology, and probably won't know that there used to be computers that only ran on command prompts, or even what those are, let alone believe that computers didn't always have hard drives. I think it will give me a better perspective on how these students learn because I know how they feel about always needing to be connected to their devices.

I think being on the fringe between the older generations and the Net-Gen gives me a unique look at how the students want to be taught, because I feel those same needs as the students that were described in the Educause text. I am a part of a community service fraternity on Albright's campus, I too am bored by teachers only throwing facts or reading off a Powerpoint, and know what it's like to not be able to buy something because a store only takes checks or cash.

2. GoogleDocs is a nice feature to Google. However, I prefer using Microsoft Word and then uploading the document because I am used to all the features that are available in Word that Google does not offer. It is okay for anyone who only needs a basic word processor, but for more features, a regular word processor is necessary. I do like the feature of being able to have the document linked to my Google account and shareable with just a few clicks.