By Jonnie Motomochi
Two words: Dwight Payne. This guy was “the man” as I like to call certain people because they’re simply awesome. Dwight falls into both categories, especially the awesome category. He opened up seniors to show a side of themselves that I could not believe, and still can not believe.
Dwight was helping others out with the computer, the internet and any question they sent his way, he would answer it the best way possible. As he said himself, “I sometimes don’t know the answer to their question but I will Google it or look up a video tutorial on YouTube.”
Dwight Payne showed me that seniors actually do want to learn and they do want to try new things. At first, I was a little reluctant about the idea of throwing the idea of the internet at seniors. I thought it would be extremely difficult to find someone, in our short period of time, who would volunteer and just throw themselves into our project: Bridging the Gap. However, Dwight did just that. We even got footage of a webcam conversation between Dwight and his friend in Maryland, Shari. When talking about computers and technology they mention how they still can not believe how far it has come in such a short period of time. “Imagine what it will be like in ten years or even five years,” Shari stated.
Again, they are completely right. Where will the internet technology be in five to ten years? What about 20? I think my generation takes for granted what we have. I asked that question to Shari, via skype, and she agreed. She talked about how amazing the webcams are and how great it is to talk for free anytime, anywhere in the world.
I realized we do take all the technology we have for granted. Computers, the internet, Facebook, Skype, Twitter, email and instant messaging all seem like a part of my life now. Look at all the online quizzes the students have to do now around the country. Majority of professors post everything up online including notes, tests, and the syllabus. Everything students do for school is online. Think about it. Students register, buy books, register for dorms, register for email, find transcripts, read homework and lectures, all online. Seriously, I do not think Oregon State University or other universities could survive without a computer or the internet today. Everything is too dependent on it.
There was a lot I realized from chatting to Dwight and Shari, and it was enjoyable to see how much they loved talking to each other through the internet. It is truly mind boggling how much we have taken for granted and to get an understanding of how fortunate we are to have all of this equipment available to us. Imagine the next generation of children, how fortunate are they going to feel about their new and improved technology?
Two words: Dwight Payne. This guy was “the man” as I like to call certain people because they’re simply awesome. Dwight falls into both categories, especially the awesome category. He opened up seniors to show a side of themselves that I could not believe, and still can not believe.
Dwight was helping others out with the computer, the internet and any question they sent his way, he would answer it the best way possible. As he said himself, “I sometimes don’t know the answer to their question but I will Google it or look up a video tutorial on YouTube.”
Dwight Payne showed me that seniors actually do want to learn and they do want to try new things. At first, I was a little reluctant about the idea of throwing the idea of the internet at seniors. I thought it would be extremely difficult to find someone, in our short period of time, who would volunteer and just throw themselves into our project: Bridging the Gap. However, Dwight did just that. We even got footage of a webcam conversation between Dwight and his friend in Maryland, Shari. When talking about computers and technology they mention how they still can not believe how far it has come in such a short period of time. “Imagine what it will be like in ten years or even five years,” Shari stated.
Again, they are completely right. Where will the internet technology be in five to ten years? What about 20? I think my generation takes for granted what we have. I asked that question to Shari, via skype, and she agreed. She talked about how amazing the webcams are and how great it is to talk for free anytime, anywhere in the world.
I realized we do take all the technology we have for granted. Computers, the internet, Facebook, Skype, Twitter, email and instant messaging all seem like a part of my life now. Look at all the online quizzes the students have to do now around the country. Majority of professors post everything up online including notes, tests, and the syllabus. Everything students do for school is online. Think about it. Students register, buy books, register for dorms, register for email, find transcripts, read homework and lectures, all online. Seriously, I do not think Oregon State University or other universities could survive without a computer or the internet today. Everything is too dependent on it.
There was a lot I realized from chatting to Dwight and Shari, and it was enjoyable to see how much they loved talking to each other through the internet. It is truly mind boggling how much we have taken for granted and to get an understanding of how fortunate we are to have all of this equipment available to us. Imagine the next generation of children, how fortunate are they going to feel about their new and improved technology?
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