I remember going to a friend's house to learn how to play a computer game. The game was on a floppy disk (the real floppy ones--five and a half inches or something like that) and it took something like nine minutes to load onto the computer before I could play it. My friend stuck the disk in and got it started and then we did something else for a while before coming back downstairs to play the game.

As far as keeping myself and my children rooted even with all these technology changes, I have found studying the Montessori method of education to be really helpful. There's a huge emphasis on handworks and just slowing down to let learning happen at its natural pace, but without denigrating technology. We sometimes sacrifice more than we realize with so much technology driven efficiency. At the same time, it's great to be able to use the tools of modern technology and be well versed in them. I think the key is in who is master of what. Humans need to be in charge of the technology they use, not the other way round. If the tech is starting to get too much in control of you, then it's good to turn it off for a while and do something outside or work with your hands and just be.