Technology is so overwhelming!!

So here I am doing the 7th task of my 23 things.  It is to blog about something I find interesting that is technology related. 

What I really want to talk about is how overwhelming technology is to me. Just when I think that I am becoming  confident with some new technologies I realise that I really have only touched the surface.

Yes, I have some of the latest items of technology, but none of them are the 'latest'. I got really excited when I accessed facebook from my mobile phone a few weeks ago, and I love downloading podcasts every week on my ipod... but I know that I really know virtually nothing about what is out there in the technological world.

I read about things such as the gwhiz mobile learning assessment and I realise just how much I don't know, and I wonder if I can possibly ever become confident using technology as a 'digital immigrant'. 

I suppose that just like uni, I need to approach new technology on a day to day basis. Like anything I think that persistence will be the key. If I want it enough, I will achieve it.  I love learning about new technology but I know that I still have that terrible habit of being terrified of trying new things. I get so frightened of what might go wrong.

For example: I have been given a wireless router so that I can set up a wireless network at my house but I am so scared that I might stuff it up that I don't want to install it until the end of my semester so that I can make sure that I don't ruin my internet connection... because then I will be really stuffed!  So sad isn't it! :-(    sad but true. 

 So I am going to give myself a challenge... I am going to try and find out enough that I feel confident enough to install my new wireless router before the end of semester.  Let's see if I can do it! :-)

I will update you when it happens... suffice to say it will not be tonight. lol