Jimenez_Jose_SU2012



Hello everyone, my name is J. Miguel. Originally from New York City, I am a graduate of Purchase College, SUNY with a dual degree in Philosophy and Literature. Currently, I am a English Teacher at a high school near Prospect Heights in Brooklyn, NY. Arguably I am a member of the millennial generation, but feel that the term digital native is a bit of a stretch for me. I have always found technology useful, but have never enjoyed the hiccups that appear to come hand-in-hand with it. As a teacher, I am interested in how technology can serve a role in my students' learning, but have found several obstacles to proper and fruitful implementation in the past. I look forward to learning more about it uses in this course.

Growing up my use of technology was very limited. Socio-economically my family could rarely afford to buy into new technologies, let alone sustain their continued use. For example, though I owned an original Playstation (2-3 years after it was released) we could not afford a memory card to save my gameplay. I did not get a computer until I nearly finished high school. Though they were accessible at school, this was in very limited and functional capacity. I got my first cell phone in college, but had a very limited phone plan and horrible reception.for the first two years, until a new cell tower was built near school.
 * My Life as a Tech User**

Now I find myself surrounded with technology and a bit obsessed with the small ways that it allows me to communicate with others. Whether it be through social media, websites or using my Smart Phone. I went from being incredibly low-tech to going nowhere without my iPad. I am even updating this from my cell phone. And yet, I constantly miss how things were when I was younger. When there seers fewer options in life, I felt as though I got more done. I went to the library this month and borrowed 8 books; something I have not done in ages. People were staring at me the whole way home--something I do not think would have happened when I was 13. But then again, how were all those library books ready for me? I had ordered them to be placed on hold through my library app.



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