technology in education then and now

TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION THEN AND NOW

       I guess it is probably safe to say that technology has developed over the years to something quite extraordinary and very influential in education. I remember when I was in elementary school we had the little square apple computers that pretty much could only type. Looked similar to the one that was in the video, but definitely did nothing that the one in the video did. This video from the 80's that highlighted technology in education and classrooms completely for shadowed for the development for the things we now have. It started with what looks like almost a Microsoft Power Point presentation, where the teacher was pointing out on bullet points the instructions for their history project. Then it quickly turned to video conferencing with a student while they were at home with a broken leg. It was pretty cool how it showed the students after school video chatting online about the project they were working on together. I wish that would have been a thing when I was in school. When I was a student in grade school, AOL dial up internet and cell phones were just becoming a thing when I was going into my 9th grade year so we definitely did not have video chatting. Another thing the video foretasted was the invention of a computer you can talk to, that can answer your questions and shoot information right to you with simply just speaking a couple words. Sort of like today's Siri or Cortana for Apple and Windows. 

        The computer the student was using had some other interesting features like giving it commands, like we can do today. Like vocally sending a email or sending a text message to a friend or even sending a file. He also streamed videos of the war he was studying like we would do today on Youtube. All of his technology was also wireless, which we can find today in just about any technology. I think one of the major advances in technology that these videos still foreshadow for the future of technology in education is simply the slow decline of attending a classroom everyday. Soon enough all we will need to do is wake up and turn on the computer and web cam and all of the classes will be through video conferencing. Technology could put an end to social interaction with humans starting at a very young age.