No matter how tech savvy we are, we’ve all had that moment of wanting to smash technology with a hammer. Some of us more than others – and my hope today is to turn technofear to technojoy. First given May 2013.

1. TURNING
Amanda McLellan
East Carolina University
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2. Eddie Izzard from “Glorious”

3. Technophobia

4. Luddite

5. We Are Not Alone

6. Keeping up with The Jetsons

7. Fear of the unknown

8. News Media

9. Rumors and False News

10. Fear of ‘breaking it’

11. Fear of change

12. Tips on dealing with change
• Accept the inevitability of
change
• Focus on the good aspects
• Allow yourself to vent
frustrations, within limits
• Leverage your fear

13. Creating balance

14. C|net – www.cnet.com

15. TechCrunch – www.techcrunch.com

16. Mashable – www.mashable.com

17. Gizmodo – www.gizmodo.com

18. Apps to meet you halfway

22. An App for every interest

23. A healthy dose of fear

24. How to protect yourself

25. www.facebook.com/help/

26. Phishing Scam

27. Social Media Overload

28. Stratification

29. www.xkcd.com/1289/

30. Further Reading
http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=4298

31. Questions?
mclellana15@ecu.edu
Powerpoint available at: www.amandamclellan.com