Looking Back From the 1980s At Computers In Education 269
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xzvf writes "As someone who went to high school in the '80s, this newsletter from 1980 (PDF) is a blast from the past. An interview with Microsoft talks up its BASIC language product and predicts voice control of computers in five years. Advertisements for Compute magazine, which was about to go monthly, and an article about a computer 'network' in Minnesota that connects some fax machine-looking terminal to a central computer over telephone lines. Lots of Atari, TI and RadioShack news too. It's a reminder from 30 years ago that we are still not using technology effectively in education."
We are using it very effectively in education (Score:5, Funny)
to spy on kids and their families, anyway.
I tried to ford the river... (Score:4, Funny)
...but my oxen died.
Re:We are using it very effectively in education (Score:3, Funny)
Really?! Can you be any more paranoid?
...huh?
They did WHAT in Pennsylvania?!!
Re:using technology effectively in education (Score:2, Funny)
You are standing... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Excellent! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:using technology effectively in education (Score:4, Funny)
White boards are slightly more effective than chalk boards; they're a technological improvement.
Yes they are. Chalk dust would give you allergies, while marker fumes will get you high. Vast improvement.
Re:Ahh voice control (Score:4, Funny)
I see your username is ElectricTurtle. Let me just look that up.
We have voice control now. It's just annoying, and practically speaking, I don't think current generations want to talk to their computers.
I'm sorry. I didn't quite get that.
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Re:I tried to ford the river... (Score:2, Funny)
On Slashdot (Score:3, Funny)
It's generally sex by way of computing...
Re:Ahh voice control (Score:3, Funny)
We have voice control now. It's just annoying, and practically speaking,
It's true, Practically Speaking is one of the more overrated voice recognition applications by Dragon.
Re:Computer, Who's on First? (Score:3, Funny)
commands like "COMPUTER! [Do stuff]." But "computer" is a common noun that comes up in conversation, so it isn't always supposed to initiate commands
Person A: Hey, check out the size of this new computer!
Person B: COMPUTER?!?! Fuck Me!
Re:older computers are better teaching tools (Score:3, Funny)