Educational technology has helped the author learn since preschool by making lessons more engaging and colorful. While instructional materials like visual aids initially attracted the author's attention, they sometimes led to boredom if teachers only read from them without further discussion. Different technologies from Manila paper to PowerPoint have been used by teachers to try to make their lessons interesting. Overall, the author feels instructional materials have aided their learning, especially for subjects like math, chemistry and physics, though copying from the board without discussion was frustrating at times.