601 Aldhizer Donna

In 1979 my parents got for me a used A Brother WP-1400D hardware-type word processor with a screen. I had been taught to type on a manual type writer. I had no idea how to use it. I only attempted to use it once. I put it back in the box where it stayed until 1997. I then sold it at a garage sale.
In 1985 I was told by my sister-in-law Pam, a teacher that my new born son Jason would have to use a computer disc to turn school work in when he was of school age. I thought she was full of propaganda. Pam knew what she was talking about. In 1991 my son Jason in fourth grade was required to have a computer disc. In 1991 computers were donated to his elementary school.
In 1996 I had to begin driving my son to the public library to do school work. I was told he had to look information up online as it was more accurate than my (expensive), set of encyclopedias.
In 1999 my younger daughter Cassandra and Jason were required to turn their school work in on discs. I also bought the family a computer. Jason was the only one at the time that knew anything about one.
I opened my advertising company #1 Business Builder Resources in 2003. I got a computer for my office. My son Jason graduated high school in 2003. Jason went to The Art Institute of Pittsburgh on a full scholarship for his portrait painting and manual art abilities.
Jason graduated in 2005 from the The Art Institute of Pittsburgh with a Computer Graphics degree. Jason opened a website design company and email marketing facility, Jaylee designs. Jason did all the computer work for customers. We did company logos, websites, and mass email promotions for our customers.
I joined my children on MySpace a social networking site in 2005. It is now part of daily life, as well as Face book and Twitter.
My daughter Cassandra in 2006 obtained her first job working as a secretary for a computer repair company, EXACT FIX. Jason eventually also did graphic work for them.
The funny and strange part about all the events that took place between 1979 and up till 2009 is the simple fact that, I never did more than know how to email until last year 2009.Even, after I had my own advertising company and the children learning computers. Jason had done anything related to computers for my business.
I closed my business in 2007 due to illness and Jason went on to work at Kent State at the main Campus in the Graphics department.
In 2009 I went back to school at Kent State to obtain a business degree. I had to learn computers because being a student it is a necessity. I now own a lap top and I received an A- in my computer class. I faced my fear and the computer is an asset to all my daily communications and obtaining information for school or personal reasons.
I watched the computer change the lives of my children as well as mine.
This week the Ipad came out. This is a devise that is about the size of a piece of notebook paper that you can communicate on and do most if not all of what you can do on most other seperate devices. It is amazinghttp://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/the-apple-ipad-first-impressions/?apage=21