Phone Books Dead?
In the cross-culture life I am leading, spending my days writing about educational technology and my weekends working on family history and genealogy, I find some spots where there is overlap. I call this space, "Beyond the Horizon" and that space is filled with technology, of course. I guess this is a form of social history.
Today, I was amused, and annoyed to hear that Adobe has decided to feel the pressure of some of the online photo editing tools will provide one of their own. After being forced to use Adobe PhotoShop in one of my graduate classes, I am comforted by the fact that they at least concede that there are other applications in our known universe. I am NOT giving up my love of Picnik. Period.
I also read, on a genealogy blog, about the death of the phone book. Yes, I know genealogy is all about life and death but this notice is of great interest to me. What am I going to use for a footrest if there are no phone books? Ah, the joys of being short.
Later...btw, my phone books came today (4/16/08) tossed out the window of a car onto my driveway!
Today, I was amused, and annoyed to hear that Adobe has decided to feel the pressure of some of the online photo editing tools will provide one of their own. After being forced to use Adobe PhotoShop in one of my graduate classes, I am comforted by the fact that they at least concede that there are other applications in our known universe. I am NOT giving up my love of Picnik. Period.
I also read, on a genealogy blog, about the death of the phone book. Yes, I know genealogy is all about life and death but this notice is of great interest to me. What am I going to use for a footrest if there are no phone books? Ah, the joys of being short.
Later...btw, my phone books came today (4/16/08) tossed out the window of a car onto my driveway!
posted by Midge Frazel at
1:00 PM
1 Comments:
I am currently in a COmputers in Education class at Gran Valley State University and we are constantly talking about how important it is to have technology in the classroom. I found ti very refreshing to read your "Beyond the Horizon" outlook on technology in the classroom. We are continously talking about history and science and the advances in many other fields but what people rarely look is technology and how that too is becoming part of our historical background.
Whether it be the fact that individuals are becomign so dependent on it or that is is seen as a necessity to the world, it is still being talked abotu and used and should be classified as part of history. I honestly am amazed by technology and all that it has to offer. I am definately no "tech nerd" and I know very little about computers and other types of technology but I use it on a daily basis and think its important to find a place for it in the classroom. Let's face it we are not living in the Stone Age any more and if we are given the oppotunity and the tools to suceed and experience new ways of doing things I say we use them to their full potential. Great blog! :)
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