Electronic Timeline

  • Boombox-Early Grades

    Boombox-Early Grades

    The kindergarten teacher would play educational songs where we had to sing along.
  • TV-1st grade

    TV-1st grade

    When it came to watching educational videos, teachers would roll out the TV cart. Back then, we could only watch them on VHS.
  • Computers-2nd grade

    Computers-2nd grade

    After finishing a book in our reading level, we were required to take reading comprehension tests on the school library computers.
  • Overhead-3rd grade

    Overhead-3rd grade

    The overhead projector made it easy to follow along with any worksheet we had to complete.
  • Floppy Disk

    Floppy Disk

    When it came to writing stories/essays, we had to save our work in a floppy disk.
  • Projector

    Projector

    I began to see teachers use projectors in high school. Projectors made it easy for teachers to display information through PowerPoint presentations. This also helped students take notes.
  • USB Flash Drive

    USB Flash Drive

    In high school, I didn’t have an easy way to share my written assignments or presentations with teachers, so we were required to use USB Flash Drives.
  • Cassette Player/Recorder-High School

    Cassette Player/Recorder-High School

    In high school, we used cassette players/recorders to practice for the Spanish AP test. It allowed us to record ourselves and play back our conversations. Even though they were outdated, it was my first time using one.