Stacy Davis

ETEC 442

A personal timeline of educational technology

Stacy L. Davis

Started school in Los Angeles County, CA in the early 80’s, Graduated HS in Boulder, CO in the mid 90’s

Graduated Naval Hospital Corpsman School in the late 90’s

Graduated from Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA elementary education

Presently attending UH for grad degree in Educational Technology

… is the process of using the latest and greatest technologies/tools to solve

problems and enhance learning.

AECT Association for Educational Communications and Technology http://aect.site-ym.com/?page=aect_in_the_20th_cen

Capella University (By RA Reiser) http://www.capella.edu/idol/HistoryofIDTPartI.pdf

Indiana University Department of Instructional Systems Technology http://www.indiana.edu/~idt/shortpapers/documents/ITduring20.html

No computers in schools, they were being used but were VERY expensive

Overhead Projectors Watched film strips We watched TV with

“bunny ears” when the Challenger exploded

Everyone had a desktop computer at home.

Laptops were cumbersome and few had them

Received lectures with PowerPoint projected on a screen

Laptop carts Computer lab Portable SmartBoards with

a digital projector They were large and took up a

lot of classroom space Document projector Online streaming of videos 2 desktops in the

classroom

My elementary school opened its first computer lab in the 4th grade, we used floppy disks

My Father developed software for IBM and he taught the students and teachers how to use them

Skype- to interview professionals, meet students from other countries, and take virtual field trips.

Tablets for each student that interacts with a central teacher’s tablet providing immediate feedback and re-teaching opportunity

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

~Alvin TofflerFlickr photo by I_yudai