School technology timeline

  • Daycare television

    Daycare television
    Once a week at daycare we were allowed to watch a movie from VCR
  • Overhead projector

    Overhead projector
    Our 2nd grade teacher taught us math from an overhead projector
  • Period: to

    Cassette player/recorder/radio

    We would record our favorite songs from the radio and replay the songs we like when it was time for show and tell.
  • Mac computer

    Mac computer
    Steve Jobs was a smart man and distributed free Macintosh computers to our elementary schools in San Mateo County, California . As an adult, I almost always choose apple since that is what I am used to using
  • Typing class

    Typing class
    During middle school we were encouraged to learn how to type. One of our electives was to go to the computer lab and learn how to type
  • Tape recorder

    Tape recorder
    In school we would play with the tape recorder and show how fun it was to replay what we said to each other.
  • Mounted Television

    Mounted Television
    During freshman year we had a tv mounted on the wall in our English class. On September 11th 2001 as a class we were all glued to the tv watching the news.
  • College Computer lab

    College Computer lab
    After in person class at the first college I attended I would make my way to the computer lab since I didn’t own a personal computer
  • Laptop required

    Laptop required
    When I decided to return to college a laptop was required for me to type up my papers. I got the cheapest one I could afford.
  • iPad

    iPad
    Eventually I purchased an iPad so my school bag would be more compact and lighter in weight with the same capabilities and take notes with my pencil