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SummerHolman
Mrs.Raymond
UWRT1104021
19September2016
WritingPrompt#3
Myfirstinteractionwithcomputerscamefromlivingathome,whenIplayedthegames
onBarbie.com.Asayoungerkid,Ionlythoughtofcomputersasasourceforgames,untilwe
startedgoingtothecomputerlabduringmysecondgradeofelementaryschool.There,wewould
learnabouthowcomputersfunction,theirpurpose,andhowtonavigatebasicprogramssuchas
Microsoft.IdontremembermyfirsttimemakingaPowerPointpresentation,butIdoknowI
wasassignedvariousprojectsthroughoutmymiddleschoolcareerthatinvolved,orrequiredthe
creationofone.MicrosoftWordwasatoolthathasmadewritingveryaccessible,beingthat
wheneverIwas/amwriting,Icanleftclickonawordinsearchforasynonym.AsachildIwas
abletolearnavarietyofdifferenthigherlevelwordsthroughthefunctionsfoundwithinthe
MicrosoftWordprogram,andeffectivelybroadenmyvocabularywhichreflectedintomy
writing.
Forme,technologyhasmadewritingmoreaccessible,leadingtotheadvancementofmy
literacynarrative.Insayingthis,itiseasiertoaccessinformregardingresearchprompts,aswell
asgainaccesstoprogramssuchasthosecreatedbyMicrosoft.Withouttechnology,though,I
haveconfidencethatmyliteracynarrativewouldnothavebeendramaticallydifferent,seeingas
thoughthegreatwritersinthecenturiesbeforecomputersandmicrochipswereabletoprosper.