The History of Computers in Education

ENIAC(Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator)

Transistor

Microchip

PLATO

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FD 40

RT 120

FD 40

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 15

30 PRINT I

40 NEXT I

Computer Literacy:Programming skills

Growing Competition

Macintosh

Rapid GrowthAppleWorks

•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

EducationEdutainment

Lowering Student-to-Computer Ratios1985 1995

50:150:1 9:19:1

Internet in Schools

10%20%30%40%50%60%65%

Continued GrowthSchools 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