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2 – C. Marcellus Griffin
My personal technology journey
taught me that I have always interacted with cutting edge technology, despite
my recurring feeling of being inept when it comes to technology. However, I think the biggest difference between the
way I interact with technology now and the way I interacted with technology in
the 1980’s and 1990’s is that, back then, I was part of a more cohesive personal learning network. In other words, as a teenager, I was always socializing and matriculating
as part of a personal learning network. I gained most of my technical
“know-how” as a result of the people I socialized with and via pop
culture of which I was a part.
On the other hand, now that I am an
adult who has little to no leisure time for fraternizing with my peers, I am
extremely limited in my time to keep up with technological advances, because I
am too busy working out at the gym (or contemplating going to the gym), doing
homework (or contemplating doing homework), or spending quality time at home with the
family. The truth is there simply is not enough time for
anyone to become an expert in today's avante garde technology, unless this is your field of study.
That said, I must confess that my personal learning network consists
of the people with whom I work on a daily basis, and my motivation for learning
technology is that my livelihood depends upon it, to a certain extent. That is, if I do not demonstrate a certain
level of technology competence, I could easily be replaced by someone who is more
competent in this area.
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