All About Bob Albrecht

By keeganneshark
  • Bob Albrecht was born

    Bob Albrecht was born

  • Bob enrolled at The University of Iowa State

    Bob enrolled at The University of Iowa State

  • Received a job at the Minneapolis-Honeywell Aeronautical Division

  • Started to work on an IBM 650 drum computer

    Started to work on an IBM 650 drum computer

  • Working for Control Data Corporation as a senior applications analyst and gave a talk at George Washington High School in Denver

  • Love of teaching starts,Started teaching high school students

    Love of teaching starts,Started teaching high school students

  • Came across The Computer Language

  • Educational Nonprofit Organization- He funded a company called Dymax which was a computer publishing company

  • launched his project called People's Computer Company which was a newsletter to teach children the fun of computers (first issues)

  • Altair 8800 machine, considered to spark the microcomputer revolution. Publication of the Tiny Basic was made in a three-part series

  • Founded a Calculator/computers Magazine for teachers to use

    Founded a Calculator/computers Magazine for teachers to use

  • Teach Yourself Visual Basic book was published

  • created a website for children to play games about computers and interact with

    created a website for children to play games about computers and interact with

  • posted more than 80 instructional files to Curriki.org

  • He is involved with tutoring and helping develop curriculum materials

  • Resource used

    PEDIA.2007. https://iae-pedia.org/Robert_Albrecht#Author
    Cappetta, Jon. “Interview with Bob Albrecht by Jon Cappetta”.

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