My use of technology in grade school

  • Record Player

    Record Player
    It was used to help students to develop literacy skills by listening to records of chants, rhymes, and books. It was also widely used during dance rehearsals and dance festivals.
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    Use of the Record Player

  • Type Writer

    Type Writer
    It was used to write book reports, essays, and many other documents. To make copies of documents, a sheet with colored carbon spread on it was placed in between two sheets of paper, and the copy was made as the original was being typed.
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    Use of the Typewriter

  • Overhead Projector

    Overhead Projector
    Teachers used it in biology class to project on a white wall, larger images drawn or printed on transparent plastic sheets. Mostly used to explain diagrams of animal and plant cells, microorganisms, and human organs.
  • Mimeograph

    Mimeograph
    It was used to make copies of questionaries, tests and study guides created by students or teachers. It worked as a stencil, transferring ink through a waxed sheet of paper that was typed or hand written, onto a regular sheet of paper.
  • Hand Held Calculator

    Hand Held Calculator
    It was used during trigonometry class, tests, and to solve homework mathematical assignments.
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    Use of Mimeograph

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    Use of Hand Held Calculator

  • Tape Player/Recorder

    Tape Player/Recorder
    It was used to play music during dance and physical education class, and to record and remember information to study for a test.
  • TV and VCR

    TV and VCR
    It was use to watch history and science documentaries and as an introduction to lessons to be studied in our textbooks.
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    Tape Player

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    TV and VCR

  • Electric Typewriter

    Electric Typewriter
    Replaced the regular typewriter, it was faster, and easier to correct typos than on the first manual models.