This was when Internet was just coming out to the individual user. I did not have it and this will be my first attempt with it. I have a word processor at home, I use the school computer to access the net and email. I use email and the internet probably daily, or close to it for both personal and professional reasons. I plan to teach a class this summer via the internet.
Computer technology is here to stay.
It has and will continue to expand human communication practices just as the invention of the telephone, radio and television has done in the past. At work, given the realm of public education and its sad past of inadequate funding, access to a computer is difficult as a teacher, unless we purchase one ourselves and bring it to school. As for a school administrator, however, it is different. Administrators today are required to have computers at hand in order to accomplish the variety of tasks they are obligated to address. An important side bar here, computers for administrators are typically supplied by the school district at no cost to them.