When technology started becoming a regular thing in my school, MS word was one of the first things I had to learn to use. Ever since then, typing out documents has been a regular thing for me, both in school and in my everyday life. For a while, I did use Google Docs instead since I could access my work anywhere with my Google account, but ever since I got into TCC, Word became a norm for me once more, partially cause Google docs weren't allowed for certain assignments, and that it didn't have as many features. To this day, I would consider myself proficient in both platforms, though not an expert
For the ISTE Standards for Education, the one that's most meaningful to me is probably 2.5 Designer. For as long as I can remember, I have been more of a visual learner, and often get bored with reading plain text without any style or flair. I know that I'm not the only person like this, so I do feel it's important to have your students be engaged with their work, rather than just staring at the clock and waiting for the class period to end. Even adding a coat of paint to a mundane assignment could potentially make them seem a bit more exciting.
I won't deny the fact that technology has had a massive impact on the youth of today, and that they feel the need to constantly spend time on the internet. In contrast to that, educators tend to use this sort of technology to enhance their classes from what they could do two decades prior. I was in a fairly small school for a good chunk of my life, and thus didn't fully embrace technology right away, and to this day I still don't feel the need to upgrade my phone annually. However, technology has already become the standard, and will most likely only get bigger as the years go on.
