Digital Revolution

I love the digital revolution!

As a child of the 80's, computer access was relatively limited during my elementary school years. In high school, word processing systems became more common, and I headed off to my first year of college in 1993 with a suitcase-sized word processor that had a screen the size of a pack of gum and allowed me to read 3 lines of my text at a time.

Now, at the ripe old age of 36, I find myself addicted to technology. My house is wired to the hilt, and in a pinch I can get online via my iPhone. When my husband and I get into an argument about some random piece of trivia, it becomes a Googling contest to see who gets the answer first. However, for all my love of technology for learning and entertainment, I am not a creator. And yes, I am certainly a bit nervous about embarking on this journey!

To be fair, I do maintain a personal blog, which is mostly a rambling account of life with my kids and husband, and religiously read by my mother-in-law. It can be found here, although I have been really lazy about updating it recently. I like blogging, because life with two little ones, a full time job, and courses on the side moves very quickly, and it allows me to document some of the smaller moments in my life for posterity. It also allows me to update family and friends without having to repeat the same story 15 times (did I mention that we are really busy?).

I've taken several online courses with CCV, and while they are quite a bit of work, I enjoy the flexibility that distance learning allows. I've never taken a tech course online, so this will definitely be a different experience. Overall, I'm excited about this course, because I've derived hours of enjoyment from various sources, like YouTube, Awkward Family Photos, Passive-Aggressive Notes, and Facebook, and it's probably time that I put something back into the entertainment cycle. It will be great to have some guided learning experiences with multimedia, and some other folks to share in the agony and the ecstasy of the creative process.

Thanks in advance for sharing your own creative voices with me!