Monday, June 8, 2015

Going Tech Free - 6/7/15

  • How successful were you at going Tech/Literacy free for a day?
  • What was the hardest thing about trying to go Tech/Literacy free?
  • How did your friends/family respond to you do the task?
  • What was the short term impact on you of doing this task?
  • Was there any long term impact on you?
  • Did going Tech/Literacy free cause you to get more physically active or less? Why?
  • What did you miss the most while you were going Tech/Literacy free?
  • What did you miss the least?
  • I asked you to keep a simple journal about your experiences. Please review those entries and discuss something of interest that you wrote down.
  • Overall, what did you think of this experience?
I intentionally picked Sunday to go "Tech Free" because it was the best day for me to actually attempt it. The gym was closed so I knew I wouldn't be tempted by the TV. However, being in this program makes it nearly impossible to do when you are a procrastinator! I still had transcription to finish for Dr. Deckert so I, of course, needed my computer to do that. I guess I should be grateful that I was doing the assignment via computer and Express Scribe versus a tape recorder and pencil. Since I had already broken the rule, I ended up on Google Docs with a student needing help with a research paper. I'm not sure that my district would allow me to be here if it wasn't for technology because technology is the reason I am able to still run things from a distance. Did I mention I also checked Facebook like 500 times? I rarely use Facebook during the year, but in the summer, for some reason, it is my favorite distraction. I would really love to retry this experiment in August because I would actually look forward to being "off the grid" for 24 hours for once! I think I would sleep and enjoy the great outdoors. I actually don't think I would miss it, since I actually crave it sometimes, although nearly impossible in this day and age.

8 comments:

  1. I picked Sunday to go tech free, too. :) Somehow I suspect this assignment would be easier to do at home or if we lived here normally and this was our home.

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  2. You did better then me, Tara. I was on Facebook by 9am. I thought sunday was going to be a good day to do this as well, completely forgetting all the work I have in and out of the program.

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  3. Yes, Facebook is a great distraction during our time here at IUP. I find myself checking it frequently while I'm trying to get through a long, boring reading.

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  4. Yes, Facebook is a great distraction during our time here at IUP. I find myself checking it frequently while I'm trying to get through a long, boring reading.

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  5. I totally get your FB comment - I'm rarely on it in my "real life" but somehow when I get here I find myself checking it throughout the day. Really? I perhaps have even more demands on me now and I'm constantly getting sidetracked with FB. And of course, amazon (but that's pretty bad at home too)

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  6. You did very well. I will try and do it this week just to experience how it feels like going tech free.

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  7. You did very well. I will try and do it this week just to experience how it feels like going tech free.

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