Growth

I feel that my comfort level with technology has increased. I no longer feel afraid to try new things and realize that most of the things that used to appear so complicated to me really are simple to do. I had many moments where I exclaimed to myself, "So that is how you do that!" I always thought it must be incredibly complicated to make images fade in and out or move around in a powerpoint, for example. I didn't know that it was as simple as choosing "animations" and clicking on a choice that the computer provides. I guess I thought I'd have to program the computer to do it like I did in high school when I was instructed to write line after line of computer language to get a picture to move, none of which I now recall. Most of all, this course has taught me that working with a computer takes messing around and trying things out until they work. I realized that the reason I am not a "computer geek" is that I don't have the patience to keep clicking buttons to get something just the way I want it. Or rather, I might have the patience if it is an assignment I have to do, but I just don't enjoy it. I get annoyed. I probably won't spend much more time on the computer than I used to just because I know more now, but at least when I need to complete a task that requires technology I won't be nearly as intimidated.