I think I am rather technologically literate, at least as much as anyone around me. I mean, I carry an iPhone 4 (no, I don't need you, Siri), and have an iPad 2 that are both never far from me. I use these devices to make calls, order dinner, find a map, play games, write blog posts and keep my sons entertained for a while. I even use the iPad to check the library catalog for my elementary students while they are standing in my library. I am very open to technological advances, and love to see new devices and gadgets regardless of how useful they may be to me in my world.
I do have weaknesses where technology is concerned, though. Tech and gear are changing and evolving so fast it is hard to keep up. When I started learning about computers, I was working on a project to upgrade PCs from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95. And I was already in my late 20s. I was working with college students who were vastly more tech savvy than I. I find that the more technology adapts and changes to the market, the more I become the market and the less I am the innovator. Going from building your own computer just a few years ago to having no idea how to fix minor issues in certain software programs is a major paradigm shift! I am glad I love to learn, so that I do not feel left behind, and everyday I meet people who are so far out of the tech loop they will never catch up. Makes me feel pretty savvy.
