The History of Computers in Education ENIAC Electronic

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

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Computer Literacy: Programming skills

Growing Competition

Macintosh

Rapid Growth Apple. Works • 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 Education Edutainment Entertainment

Lowering Student-to-Computer Ratios 1985 50: 1 1995 9: 1

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

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

Computer Literacy: Technical fluency

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

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