Technology Got Him
It’s been funny for me dealing with Mike lately. He’s a service tech and just got a new job. This new job requires the use of a laptop which provides him with all the information about the job. It also requires him to enter all pertinent information. Of course, for most people this wouldn’t be an issue, but up until now Mike had decided he was going to go through life without the use of a computer. Now imagine this man, who has never as much as turned a computer on, having to use it as a tool for his job. When I watch him “hunt and peck” and refer to the term, he was surprised that there was actually a term for what he was doing.
Amazingly, this very patient man has not gotten frustrated yet and will sit and practice over and over again, the typing program, I found for him online. On top of that, when I taught him how to search for information, he initially spent two hours going from web site to website and researching what interested him. The good thing for me is that now he actually understands how time consuming the computer can be and how invaluable it is for record keeping, data and research.
Do I dare introduce him to the iPod, http://www.apple.com/iphone/ or the addicting Xbox 360? I think not!
