My Day

Good Morning!  For one of our assignments in Technology in Communication, my professor challenged us to pick a day and list how often in that day we come into contact with computers, especially one that might be networked.

My day begin with purchasing gas at Sam’s Club….if you are not familiar with Sam’s Club, let me share, you have to be a member, before purchasing anything.  Therefore, my first point of contact for today, with a computer network system, was to first verify my membership by inserting the issued card through their network.  Next, in order to pay for the gas…I had to insert a second card…my debit card through the same machine but this time, the bank’s network to: first verify it was the right person assessing the account by asking for the password, and also making sure the funds were available in the account.   

Afterwards, I arrive at work at 7:45 am to punch in by means of a computer system network called “Kronos Workforce Central”…then followed by logging into my computer to do my job for the next 8 hours.

After leaving work, I stopped at the Wal-Mart before heading home to purchase groceries, and it is here when I used a check as a form of payment.  Wal-Mart has their computer network system set up to check for backgrounds on checks and to fill out the check completely with all required information without having to keep the check.

Finally, after arriving home and before heading off to bed, I checked my Blackboard through DBU for announcements and emails for my courses, as well as worked on assignments for the day.  I also purchased tickets off the computer from Ticketmaster for an upcoming show. 

What a day….although I come in contact with most of these places…especially my place of employment because I’m very familiar with their network as well as school….I really never thought about the other places such as Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart.