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Technology Timelapse

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1965: Typeriters

My grandmother had the option to take typing as an elective in high school. Not all classrooms had these though and very few had the 10-key typewriters at this time

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1975: Chalkboard

My mom grew up with chalkboards in every single one of her classrooms. She didn’t like the noise of chalk being used on the board. Luckily, I grew up after the chalkboard era and didn’t have to endure this!

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1990: The Overhead Projector

Once my dad was in high school, every classroom had one of these bad boys! This was a game changer for sure!

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2004: Computers in the classroom

Around this time, each school had a computer lab that would be shared by all grades

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2010: Smart Boards

Around this time, some classrooms began having smart boards. This combined white boards with overhead projectors. The first ones came out in the late 2000’s and they are much more advanced today.

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2020: iPads in the classroom

My cousin is in school right now and he uses iPads in the classroom to do school work. Most schools that have money these days use them, but every classroom is different

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Wow, I forgot about the typewriter. I would love to own it one day. It is interesting how we almost grew with half of these. This just proves how useful they really were.