Atalie's Technology Time Line

My Birth

Feb 9, 1976

Apple was formed the year I was born.

First Home Computer

Dec 25, 1984

Our family's first home computer was an Atari 800XL that Santa brought for Christmas.

Sony Walkman

Dec 25, 1985

I received a Sony Walkman for Christmas in 1985. I'm pretty sure that my parents bought it so they wouldn't have to listen to Madonna, Tiffany, and Debbie Gibson over and over again.

Nintendo

Dec 25, 1985

My sister and I received the original Nintendo gaming system for Christmas in 1985. My favorite games were Tetris and Super Mario Brothers.

Typing Lessons

Nov 10, 1987

My mom bought the Mavis Beacon Typing program for me to learn and practice my typing skills.

Typing

Sep 4, 1989

Typing was a required class in junior high. They had old, dinosaur blue electric IBM type writers

Word Perfect

Sep 8, 1991

I learned to use Word Perfect my Sophomore year of high school. It was an IBM computer.

1st Web Page

Sep 8, 1996

I first used the internet in college. I learned how to create and design a web page as well.

My Own Computer

Jan 15, 1998

My husband and I bought a computer together our first year of marriage.

Cell Phone

Nov 15, 2003

I got my first cell phone the year I was pregnant with my son so that I could call my husband as needed.

Lap Top

Sep 15, 2006

My husband bought me a lap top to help me stay up on grading and make it possible for me to do more grading at home. These were the days before every teacher had a computer.

Mac Book

Apr 15, 2009

School finally bought every teacher a lap top in the 2008-2009 school year. I struggled to learn macs because I had been a PC girl all my life.

The iPad

Apr 15, 2011

We bought an iPad off of KSL.com in 2011 for half of its original price. It made me want an iPhone all the more.

MackBookPro

Nov 15, 2011

I didn't truly love Mac computers until my school upgraded my computer to a MacBook Pro. Now I love Macs.

iPhone

Sep 15, 2012

My first smart phone came when I was 36 years old. It was an iPhone 4. By this time, my young children knew how to use the phone better than I did.

iPhone 6

Oct 17, 2014

I am a true addict when it comes to my phone. I use it for everything. Siri reminds me to do everything. I use it as a pedometer, to read, for movies, music, and occasionally a game or two.