Joshua Walker

Prof. Jensen

IST 1100

5 March 2015

There has been a number of ways in which computers have been relevant and useful in my education. Without the use of  computers some of the assignments for class that I have been asked to do they would not have been able to have been completed. Computers have been there for everyone and makes communicating that much easier for when person to person communicating can not be done. I am sure that many others can agree with me on the ways that computers have been useful in the ways of education.

One way that computers have been useful in my education has been as stated before with communication. Whenever I need to communicate something to maybe another student or a teacher for help on something I can use that as a reference. I may not have their number so I can email them or contact them via social media. If i am having trouble with an assignment or test I can quickly email the teacher and get some clarification on what the teacher may have meant on a certain topic. When it comes to communicating with another student, I could do the same thing when asking the teacher for help on an assignment I can do the same asking a student. There may be time when I didn’t show up to class and if there was an assignment that was due I can ask the other student as to what the assignment was and now I am able to get it done.

Another way that I have used computers in my education is when it comes it researching things. I have been asked to do many research papers and without the use of the internet sometimes that would not have been possible. In some cases I could use a book, or a magazine or even another person but for the most person I could have relied on the internet to give me the answers that I am looking for. You can’t always rely on the internet as everything isn’t always true so when that happens I can refer to a book. When I do find the research that I am looking for and then it is time to actually start the research paper I use word or even powerpoint to mark down all the information that I was able to obtain.

Those have been the two most useful ways that the use of computers has been relevant to me in my education. Without those things I would not be able to do get good grades and complete the tests and homework/projects that I need to do.