Its Everywhere

After reading all of the literature about the way English and communications courses have been changing I started thinking about my own educational experiences. Going way back, I remember being in "computer class" in elementary school. Then, as I grew, we had typing and learned all about the home row keys. I even remember these huge cardboard blinders we had to put over the keyboards so we couldn't look at our hands while we typed. Once in high school a whole new door to the digital world was opened. There were even more computer classes in a wide variety of subjects. We even had a sophomore English class called Cyber English. Every student in the class had a laptop to use for the class period!! Who says public schools suck... Cyber English had different course work and requirements than regular sophomore English. We had to create a web page and an online portfolio with all of the work we had done in the class. I am very thankful for the opportunity to be surrounded by all this technology from a young age. Now, after a few years of college, I am realizing how often I use a computer. I take my laptop to class, check my email, take notes, IM friends, and spend countless hours wasting time on facebook. While some of these luxuries are purely for enjoyment, most of them are also very useful and convenient.

Computers and electronics have found their way into almost every aspect of my college career. I cannot think of one subject that has escaped the clutches of my laptop, English especially. I do almost all of my research, draft writing, editing, and final paper on the computer. I cannot even remember the last time I actually sat down with a notebook and wrote more than a few sentences. These realizations are not paired with a wanting to write anything with a quill pen and parchment. I am thoroughly happy to be learning in an era with such vast changes in literary genres and cannot wait to see what the next big thing will be.