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Learning how to use a telephone
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. -
First PC
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. -
Nintendo Gameboy
Yet another early gaming device that got me into a lot of the video games I'm interested in today. -
First gaming console
My parents got me a PlayStation 1, which I did love, but was replaced by the newer PS2 only a short time after. -
First MP3 Player
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. -
First Cell Phone
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. -
Learning to use a graphing calculator
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. -
iPod Touch
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. -
First Smartphone
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. -
Creating my Facebook account
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. -
Nintendo DS
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. -
First personal laptop computer
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. -
Nintendo 3DS
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.
