THE Tech. Conference

OK, So you guys have been hearing about THE Tech Conference forever. It has come and gone and I did not need to go to the hospital in between sessions. I promise you this will be the final discussion on the conference and I further promise Bob that he will not have to sit through one more rehearsal of either presentation. But first, here is a recap of my adventure.

For those of you who may have been in a cave the last few weeks, I was asked to present at the OKCPS Tech Conference. This all stemmed from my desire to become more of a Tech person and set up a blog, twitter and do Face Book. While I thought it was a joke, they were serious. There are lots of "older" folks who are not using the Internet and computer to make their lives easier and the thought was "if that old lady can do it, so can you."

Next thing I knew, my one session had been turned into two sessions. One was titled "Social Networking in the 21st Century for all ages". The other was "No matter your age, anyone can use Technology." I was so grateful that the titles did not say "Old lady can use the Internet".

Here is the sign that was hanging outside my door showing where people could find me. Pretty cool, I thought.


"No Matter your Age" was the first presentation. Basically this was a crash course in different applications that can and do make lives so much easier. Excel, downloading photos, Shutterfly and Photo Story were the ones that I went into in depth. I briefly touched on Ancestry.com, online banking and pharmacy websites. I set up blogs for each presentation so people could have some where to go for help. Here is the blog address for this session: http://nomatteryourage.blogspot.com/

Session two was Social Networking and I showed Face book, Twitter, Blip and Blogging.
Here is the blog address: http://aglesssocialnetworking.blogspot.com

I love this graphic. This could be Bob and I at his computer. Bob doesn't agree with me. He thinks that I would be reaching over him trying to get to the keyboard. [No comments from the peanut gallery accepted here :-)]

And here I am standing in front of the PowerPoint presentation.


This has got to be one of the highlights of my life. I learned so much during this process. I am not talking just about the technology that I learned, I learned a lot about myself. The only negative comment that I ever heard was from a person who questioned why someone like me would be allowed to present at this conference. I struggled with that and now know the answer. I may not have the initials behind my name that you do, but I am not a dummy and what I presented may have helped one person think outside the box that they have put themselves in. What better reason is there? Isn't that why most of you guys began teaching?

Thanks to all who helped me accomplish this feat.