As a 20-something, I’ve had the luxury of growing up with technology as a bigger part of my life than certainly my parents and their generation did. There are photos of me as an adorable infant sitting on my father’s lap trying to type on the keyboard while he worked on his Commodore 64 or his work Compaq Portable (for the record – “portable” had a whole new meaning back then). Later at school I learned to count using games we played on some of the first Apple computers used in education, and at home I split time with my brother and sister on our IBM AT and later the Compaq Presario 425 Desktop.
I bet kids today can't imagine using these in school. Then again I bet my parents couldn't have imagined I'd get to use this either.
In the early 90’s my dad discovered Prodigy, which predated AOL in our house and was my first window in the future of how technology and the internet specifically were going to change our lives. And yet, it shocks me still every time kids and technology collide in amazing ways.
As a YouTube fan, I’ve come across a couple hilarious and adorable videos about kids and technology that I thought I’d share with you all, as a constant reminder of how quickly the new world order changes. For me, it was helping my dad and mom program digital clocks with ease, or figuring out their Nokia cell phones and what five numbers they should program, which frankly came very naturally to me J. For the next generations there are a slew of 80’s and 90’s pop culture mishaps I’m sure I’ll have to answer for and explain, but technology is definitely not a topic I expect I’ll have to do much teaching about.
Check out this mini-Steve Jobs-esque app developer
Thomas Suarez. App developer, TEDx presenter and 6th grader.
An adorable little boy and his iPad
 Bridger is adorable, two years old and better at operating an iPad than half of my friends. |
And one baby struggling to get the magazine to “go to the next page.”  This baby is learning early on that technology creates expectations of the world that can frustrate us sometimes. |
Tags: Apple, IBM, kids, Meghan Attreed, Mobile, technology evolution, YouTube
