I may have mentioned here before that my day job title is “Tech Exploration Instructor” at a center for adults with IDD. Our “members” can opt to spend about an hour a day with me learning about email communication, photography, GarageBand, keyboarding skills, weather, maps and travel, clocks (alarms, timers etc.), data tracking, slidesh…
I may have mentioned here before that my day job title is “Tech Exploration Instructor” at a center for adults with IDD. Our “members” can opt to spend about an hour a day with me learning about email communication, photography, GarageBand, keyboarding skills, weather, maps and travel, clocks (alarms, timers etc.), data tracking, slideshow production - as well as “exploring” technology in our community around us. (Who hasn’t had to order food off of a kiosk yet?!)…they also, after they complete their work have the opportunity to watch YouTube, do online word searches/crosswords, jigsaw puzzle apps, typing games, escape rooms online etc…
Well - having a week visiting the beautiful state of Montana and having very little cell signal in the valleys - I read 2 1/2 books, played board/dice/card games every night, sat in a hot tub outside while it snowed, hiked trails, made friends with a mountain squirrel named “Baby”, picked wild sage, took TONS of photos, played in and around the Missouri, Sun, & Blackfoot Rivers (found amazing river rock souvenirs - lesson learned - they will get your checked bag close to that 50 lb. limit!), scouted wildlife (saw antelope, bison, bald eagles, ducks, geese, highland cows <not wild>, horses <also not wild>, mule deer), and had conversations with amazing humans I met along the way. Imagine if my face were buried in my phone or iPad the whole time.
I won’t philosophize about my opinions - other than to say…while walking along rivers edge - I thought “Tech Exploration will be looking at ‘Tech Unplugged’ days very soon.” Our members need to know that there are ways to occupy time that aren’t using tech…and we can have real life conversations and experience real life people and experiences in the world around us.
That being said - thank goodness for the technology that provides the means to communicate with Tyler and all of you.
I am a better man because of Tyler Knott Gregson and others on Substack who encourage me all the time.
I may have mentioned here before that my day job title is “Tech Exploration Instructor” at a center for adults with IDD. Our “members” can opt to spend about an hour a day with me learning about email communication, photography, GarageBand, keyboarding skills, weather, maps and travel, clocks (alarms, timers etc.), data tracking, slideshow production - as well as “exploring” technology in our community around us. (Who hasn’t had to order food off of a kiosk yet?!)…they also, after they complete their work have the opportunity to watch YouTube, do online word searches/crosswords, jigsaw puzzle apps, typing games, escape rooms online etc…
Well - having a week visiting the beautiful state of Montana and having very little cell signal in the valleys - I read 2 1/2 books, played board/dice/card games every night, sat in a hot tub outside while it snowed, hiked trails, made friends with a mountain squirrel named “Baby”, picked wild sage, took TONS of photos, played in and around the Missouri, Sun, & Blackfoot Rivers (found amazing river rock souvenirs - lesson learned - they will get your checked bag close to that 50 lb. limit!), scouted wildlife (saw antelope, bison, bald eagles, ducks, geese, highland cows <not wild>, horses <also not wild>, mule deer), and had conversations with amazing humans I met along the way. Imagine if my face were buried in my phone or iPad the whole time.
I won’t philosophize about my opinions - other than to say…while walking along rivers edge - I thought “Tech Exploration will be looking at ‘Tech Unplugged’ days very soon.” Our members need to know that there are ways to occupy time that aren’t using tech…and we can have real life conversations and experience real life people and experiences in the world around us.
That being said - thank goodness for the technology that provides the means to communicate with Tyler and all of you.
I am a better man because of Tyler Knott Gregson and others on Substack who encourage me all the time.
Psst. I'm a better man because of YOU. Know this my friend.