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My kindergarten teacher taught us how to use a phone to do the simple calling 911 and using our phone number. Interestingly, we learned how to write and address a letter that year as well, something I have used only a few times in my life. I was taught how to compose an email in the second grade.
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Our first family computer was a Gateway, although I was too young to remember the exact model and exact time we purchased it, although I do know I learned to use it when I was four years old.
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Yet another early gaming device that got me into a lot of the video games I'm interested in today.
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My parents got me a PlayStation 1, which I did love, but was replaced by the newer PS2 only a short time after.
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My first MP3 player was cheap, and broke after only a few months of use, but I definitely changed my world and how I used technology. I love always having a musical background, so being able to have my music library in my pocket at all times was an amazing step-up for my personal technology.
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My first cell phone was a pre-paid Nokia brick, which lasted me a good number of years until I couldn't bear dealing with such an old device anymore.
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I learned how to use a graphing calculator when I first began taking algebra in the 6th and 7th grades. It's interesting to note that although I used those calculators extensively throughout grade school, I haven't been able to touch one in college.
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My first mp3 player that I could use without worrying about it breaking after only a couple months of use, I used this extensively as a middle schooler to avoid social interaction before I got a smartphone.
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My first smartphone was relatively cheap and eventually died due to overheating the battery too many times. Despite this, it was my first smartphone and I couldn't see myself with any other phone now.
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Although my parents didn't want me using Facebook, they eventually came around to accepting their teenager social media. These days, my mom has her own facebook account.
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This was a huge step-up from my previous GameBoy Advance. Now, with two screens (one being interactive), as well as gameports for GameBoy and DS games, I was loving my new handheld system that changed the way handheld games were played and design.
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This was a huge milestone in my use of technology. I finally had my own personal computer to use without worrying about when my parents had to use it and I could modify it anyway I wanted. I still use this laptop, and it's become a staple of my life as a student and as an internet sage.
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With the new, hugely enlarged screens, more interactive systems, and an amazing new 3D feature that can be used without glasses, I had to buy this system and further build my collection of nintendo handheld devices.
