Looking Back From the 1980s At Computers In Education

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 18, 2010 @10:30AM from the gee-whiz dept.

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."

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Re:It's pathetic where we are today. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-02-18 11:18 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Ah yes! Another slashtard crying that he doesn't like the way things are today because his vision of what technology should be isn't what the mainstream holds. Go ask you F/OSS friends; what you want exists. Now stop bitching about it not being in the majority and use it.

Or do you need everyone else to do what you do to feel comfortable about it?