Essay 8

Jaquelyn Hernandez

1100 IST

10/21/2012

Module 8 Essay, How have computers been useful to me.

            Computers are useful in many ways; they help us learn new information globally. Computers help entertain us and they can help us communicate with each other from long distances. Computers have also been helpful to me and varies of ways. You could even say that computers helped me learn how to spell and read.

            Due to the fact that I had very strong ADD when I was younger, I did not have the focus to learn things that my teachers where teaching me. I did not learn to read or write properly until I was older, by that time I had begun the launch off of the new technology area. I soon was able to understand my spelling problems and used Google to find the correct word that I was attempting to spell. Using computers to learn what I hadn't been able to do before was extremely helpful.

            During my life I have lived in many different places; German, Utah, D.C, Mexico, and Hungary. During my travels I had made many friends that I would have to move away from. Computers gave me the ability to keep in contact with them though emails, Facebook, and MySpace (I no longer have a MySpace). However, because of my computer I was able to keep in contact with my close friends though an easy way that wasn't too time consuming.

            Computers are wonderful for nearly everything, learning, keeping in contact with friends and even knowing what’s going on globally. I have many friends around the world, when I hear on the news that Japan had an earthquake I could not help but wish for my friends that are there to be ok. By having a computer I was able to contact them through email and discover that they were all safe. Computers are even able to give you large amounts of logic and information, with this information we are able to learn how to deal with live problems without even having to go through them.

            Computers are extremely important in my life and I am very lucky to have been born in such a time where information is at my fingertips.