Interviewing my mom and
grandparents about technology was interesting. I really did not know what to
expect to hear from them. I thought I had an idea about how they felt about
technology since I always have to help them with it. I was surprised to hear
that my grandparents like the new technology more than my mom does. My grandmother
is more technological sound than most grandparents. She also wants to stay up
to date with the latest technology and even has an iPhone. She likes where
technology as come because she can stay in touch with the family easier than
she could when she was young. She really loves the fact that she can check up
on me and hear back from me within minutes with a text message. When you had to
get in contact with college students when she was growing up write letters took
a long time. My grandparents and mom all said that technology makes some things
easy, but can also complicate things. They complain about the size of text on
phones and the brightness of screens. My grandparents love the fact that
technology gives them more options in some cases, and makes things more
convenient for an older person. Like being entertained while in the house, when
he was growing up he did not have a TV in his house they only had a radio. Now
he has a TV in every room of his house. He loves being able to sit down and
watch a movie with the surround sound on. My mom on the other hand really did
not care about technology she gets frustrated and wants to disconnect from it.
As a mother she loves the cell phone and knowing she is always only one call
away. When I was in high school she would call me whenever she got worried.
Unlike when she was younger and the only thing her parents relied on for her to
make it home was a watch. They were not able to be in touch with her as much
they would have liked. The biggest thing in noticed from interviewing my family
members is that my grandparents seem to like and appreciate technology move.
They have been able to see the bigger change in technology and are very
interested in it. I think they like it so much because it makes them feel young.
My mom is very similar to that but she has gotten better. My dad and I are always keeping up with the new technology but not necessarily right away but she was always so persistent in keeping her old phone until it died and refused to text until she realized I don't answer calls as often because I'm so busy all the time. It was really neat to see her slowly move into the 21st century (My dad and I tease her about that). She now has an Iphone but gets very frustrated with it a lot but she's getting there.
ReplyDeleteI like that your grandparents are technologically advanced. Most people are not or are illiterate when comes to technology. This way you can have conversations with the older generation, who actually get the new technology, comparing how life was then versus now. That would be interesting to have grandparents that you could go to for help if need be.
ReplyDeleteI find it amazing that your grand parents are as advanced as they are. My grand parents don't even attempt to use a computer for something, they would rather spend 4 hours looking for the sheet of paper they wrote down the answer to their problem on. I do believe that the influence of technology on the older generations is a good thing simply because that gives them something they can relate to us with, they may not be as quick as we are but at least they would have the option.
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