ET5013 Module 1 Analysis Timeline

  • HP becomes a public company

  • COBOL is created

  • HP opens faciality in Loveland, Colorado

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  • First video game, Spacewar, is created

  • HP Computer Museum opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado

  • First handheld calculator is invented

  • Sesame Street Airs

  • Ethernet Invented

  • First IBM-PC Released

  • Group of Colorado educators visit California and are inspired to host the first TIES Conference in Colorado

  • First TIES Conference was held in Snowmass, Colorado.

  • First Digital Cell Phone

  • Online Businesses Begin

  • Napster is launched

  • Blogger is launched

  • Eldorado K8 receives first laptop cart

  • Monarch High School implements mandatory one-to-one policy for all students

  • BVSD Revises its Educational Technology VIsion Statement

  • BVSD Transitions the entire district (students, faculty and staff) to Google from Exchange

  • Eldorado K8 PTO funds installation of mounted projectors in every classroom

  • Colorado has 34 virtual schools (Pk-12) that serve 17, 289 students.

  • BVSD Sends 44 teachers/administrators to the TIES Conference

  • BVSD Tech. Dept. Upgrades all secondary schools with one-to-one wireless capabilities

  • BVSD adds new Technology Standard and Elements to Educator Effectiveness Rubric

  • Colorado School Districts add Technology to Effectiveness Rubric

  • Eldorado K8 Implements BYOD policy for middle level students

  • Eldorado K8 Pilots new PARCC online testing for 3rd Grade and 7th Grade Math