The History of Computers in Education

ENIAC ( Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator)

Transistor

Microchip

PLATO

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Mainframes

Computer Literacy: Computer awareness

Personal Computers Altair 8800 built from a kit Apple II

IBM PC 10 PRINT “ HELLO ” 20 FOR I=1 TO PRINT I 40 NEXT I

Computer Literacy: Programming skills

Growing Competition

Macintosh

Rapid Growth AppleWorks Wordprocessing Databases Spreadsheets

Computer Literacy: Skills in keyboard operation, programming, wordprocessing, database management, spreadsheet creation, graphic design and problem solving

CD-ROM and Multimedia

Multimedia Continues

Computer Literacy: Using the computer as a learning and problem-solving tool

Animation and Video

Surfing the Internet

CD-ROMs for Schools and Homes Entertainment Education Edutainment

Lowering Student-to-Computer Ratios :19:1

Internet in Schools 10%20%30%40%50%60%65%

Continued Growth Schools connected computers with networks Software was produced solely on CD-ROMs Web continued astounding growth

Computer Literacy: Technical fluency

Extended Information Access Ability to publish and communicate globally Attention to information- seeking skills Access to more information

Faster Internet access The Future Lower costs More powerful computers Increasingly flexible tools