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My Birth
Apple was formed the year I was born. -
First Home Computer
Our family's first home computer was an Atari 800XL that Santa brought for Christmas. -
Sony Walkman
I received a Sony Walkman for Christmas in 1985. I'm pretty sure that my parents bought it so they wouldn't have to listen to Madonna, Tiffany, and Debbie Gibson over and over again. -
Nintendo
My sister and I received the original Nintendo gaming system for Christmas in 1985. My favorite games were Tetris and Super Mario Brothers. -
Typing Lessons
My mom bought the Mavis Beacon Typing program for me to learn and practice my typing skills. -
Typing
Typing was a required class in junior high. They had old, dinosaur blue electric IBM type writers -
Word Perfect
I learned to use Word Perfect my Sophomore year of high school. It was an IBM computer. -
1st Web Page
I first used the internet in college. I learned how to create and design a web page as well. -
My Own Computer
My husband and I bought a computer together our first year of marriage. -
Cell Phone
I got my first cell phone the year I was pregnant with my son so that I could call my husband as needed. -
Lap Top
My husband bought me a lap top to help me stay up on grading and make it possible for me to do more grading at home. These were the days before every teacher had a computer. -
Mac Book
School finally bought every teacher a lap top in the 2008-2009 school year. I struggled to learn macs because I had been a PC girl all my life. -
The iPad
We bought an iPad off of KSL.com in 2011 for half of its original price. It made me want an iPhone all the more. -
MackBookPro
I didn't truly love Mac computers until my school upgraded my computer to a MacBook Pro. Now I love Macs. -
iPhone
My first smart phone came when I was 36 years old. It was an iPhone 4. By this time, my young children knew how to use the phone better than I did. -
iPhone 6
I am a true addict when it comes to my phone. I use it for everything. Siri reminds me to do everything. I use it as a pedometer, to read, for movies, music, and occasionally a game or two.