#tng2.0 TIMELINE of DigitalTransformation by tricia.walker@k12.sd.us https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n For each column, post one NEW event/transformation/invention. Upload an image, article, and description of the event. Use the + sign in lower right or double click anywhere on the board to add content. en-us 2025-05-28 16:44:35 UTC 2025-07-24 14:22:05 UTC hello@padlet.com VCR tricia_walker https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3472902701 Shelly Osthus (example)

VCRs become a staple in most homes, alongside the rise of home video rental stores like Blockbuster. 

]]> 2025-05-29 19:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3472902701 Net Day kyledowney https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3477703099 Kyle Downey

Net Day and Bill Clinton's 1996 call to wire all schools to the internet and provide them with modern computers. Came with billions in funding. Net Day

]]> 2025-06-03 18:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3477703099 iPhone kyledowney https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3477707396 Kyle Downey

iPhone- released June 2007.

Eventually has replaced pagers, PDAs, CDs/iPods, cameras, flip phones, and personal computers for many.

Timeline of the Iphone

]]> 2025-06-03 18:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3477707396 Facebook buys Instagram kyledowney https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3477711762 Kyle Downey

Instagram is bought by Mark Zuckerberg in 2012. Combines two popular social media platforms.

Insta+Facebook

]]> 2025-06-03 18:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3477711762 Online Gaming/Esports kyledowney https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3477720277 Kyle Downey

Though started in the late 20th Century, online gaming hits a fever pitch during/after Covid with more awareness as seen with ESPN and other mainstream networks coverage. 220 million play and even more watch this exploding $1.6 Billion industry.

Esports

Esports

]]> 2025-06-03 18:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3477720277 The Launching of Amazon https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3514984832 Mikayla Kappenman

In July of 1994, Jeff Bezos launches Amazon, which becomes the world's largest online retailer.

]]> 2025-07-09 14:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3514984832 YouTube is Launched https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3514989595 Mikayla Kappenman

YouTube was officially launched to the public in 2005. It quickly gained popularity. Within a year, it was acquired by Google for $1.65 billion.

]]> 2025-07-09 15:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3514989595 Parkland School Shooting and march for Our Lives Movement https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3514993272 Mikayla Kappenman

The Parkland School Shooting and the March for Our Lives Movement in 2018 was a tragic event that sparked one of the most influential youth-led movements in the United States. This movement showcased Gen Z's use of social media for activism and redefining digital-age civic engagement.

]]> 2025-07-09 15:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3514993272 The Rise of AI Tools https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3514996380 Mikayla Kappenman


AI has becoming accessible for everyday use (from writing to art to movies). Since AI has become accessible for everyday, it has fundamentally altered how we learn, create, and interact. It is prompting new questions around authenticity, creativity, and human value in work.

]]> 2025-07-09 15:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3514996380 COVID March 2020 https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3519148108 https://www.keloland.com/keloland-com-original/looking-back-2-years-of-covid-19-in-south-dakota/


The way edcuation changed with how we deliver our material and how much we took forgranted in our daily face to face interactions in our classrooms and in our own daily lives.



]]> 2025-07-14 19:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3519148108 Napster downloading music tool https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3519155205 This helped boost the idea that music can be widely available and at what cost should it be to the consumer. It has changed the music landscape ever since and it has not went back.

]]> 2025-07-14 20:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3519155205 2011 Siri introduced https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3520621299 The introduction of the Siri on Apple device.

According to Apple,

"Siri, the voice-enabled "personal assistant" on the iPhone 4S, will listen and talk back on a range of topics."



]]> 2025-07-16 01:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3520621299 https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3527933610 The video talks about how Google got started by two college students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, at Stanford in the late '90s. They came up with a cool idea to make internet searches better by ranking websites based on how many other sites linked to them. They first called it "Backrub" but it eventually became Google. It started in their dorm room, but it grew once people realized how useful it was. They got funding, built a team, and turned down some big offers to sell it. Now, Google is everywhere—with stuff like Gmail, YouTube, and Android—and it all started as just a school project.

]]> 2025-07-24 13:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3527933610 https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3527937031 A college experiment that started with raiting peers that turned into a way for students to connect with each other. In 2006, Facebook introduced the News Feed and opened registration to anyone over 13 with an e‑mail, shifting from a university network to a global one.

]]> 2025-07-24 13:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3527937031 https://padlet.com/tricia_walker/tnopdk8o7bfo9z0n/wish/3527950383 I would say one of the key invention of this decade was the fitness trackers. It took the pedometer to the next level by tracking sleep, breathing, steps and physical activities. This device continues to evolve based on needs to the users.

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