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Birth of Anastacia Meadows
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First "Flip Phone" Released
The first flip phone, the Motorola StarTAC, was released. It was referred to as a "clamshell" phone, but was more commonly referred to as a "flip" phone. This happened on January 3, 1996. I was almost 4 years old. Photo Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_StarTAC -
First Apple iPhone Released to the public.
At a convention, Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone on January 9, 2007. It would be released to the public on June 29, 2007. It had a 3.5 inch screen and operated using iOs. It was 11.5 millimeters thick. Photo Credit: https://www.iphonelife.com/content/evolution-iphone-every-model-2007-2016 -
Common Core Curriculum Standards Released
Common Core Curriculum Standards were released under Barack Obama's Presidency on June 6, 2009. This was during my junior year of high school. These standards, intended to create a national set of standards to create uniformity in education throughout the United States, were frequently debated among households in the USA. Photo credit:https://www.clipart.email/clipart/checklist-clipart-free-64329.html -
First Apple iPad
The first Apple iPad was released on April 3, 2010. This was just a few months prior to my high school graduation. By the time I had completed college, it was a norm to see iPads used in a collegiate classroom. The iPad was not the first technological tablet released, however it has had the most mainstream use. The first tablet released was the Microsoft Tablet PC, which was released in 2000. Photo Credit: https://igotoffer.com/apple/ipad-1st-generation -
Undergraduate Graduation
I graduated from Marshall University with my degree in K-6 Elementary Education and a minor in Music. Photo Credit: http://www.marshall.edu/
