How technology helped me explore the world
Technology is all around us these days. When I was growing up, not so much, but that never stopped me from using technology to advance my learning. As a child, I loved to watch documentaries on the TV. Our channels were extremely limited, so I would ask my teacher to play documentaries in class. I watched documentaries on just about every subject available. My curiosity was insatiable. A lot of these documentaries prompted me to go to my local library and check out books on the subject matter. I also discovered MTV, which, for someone who grew up in a tiny little mountain town with no radio, this expanded my horizons vastly in the music world. I learned that just listening to music, prompted a curious spark in me that made me want to explore as much as I could, despite my town's limited access to virtually anything. In the late 1990's I was in college for my undergraduate degree, I learned how to use the internet to do queries on subjects that interested me. I discov