Technology through Time

By mandy.brown
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    Technology in My Lifetime

  • My Parents First Cellphone

    My Parents First Cellphone

    My earliest memory of technology was my parents getting their first cellphones. They had flip phones for a couple of years before transitioning completely over to our land line.
  • PBS Kids program

    PBS Kids program

    My favorite thing to watch as a child on our TV was PBS Kids, specifically Cyberchase. The rare days that we had when there were reruns were my favorite.
  • Overhead Projectors

    Overhead Projectors

    When I was in 3rd grade, I learned how to write in cursive. My teacher used an overhead projector with a transparency sheet to teach us. I thought it was the coolest thing when we were allowed to come up to the projector and write on top of it.
  • Keyboarding Class

    Keyboarding Class

    I took my first keyboarding class in 5th grade. Our keyboarding teacher was our school librarian and she would put opaque keyboard covers on top of the keys so we could memorize the placement of the keys.
  • My First iPod

    My First iPod

    I got my first iPod touch when I was in 8th grade and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
  • Smart Boards

    Smart Boards

    Smart Boards made a big appearance when I was in high school. Most of the math teachers had them, and then slowly more and more of the teachers got them.
  • My First Cellphone

    My First Cellphone

    I got my first cellphone when I was in high school. It was a basic tracphone and I could only send a limited number of messages and calls. My parents allotted me a certain number of minutes each month and if I went over the limit, I had to pay for it.
  • First Personal Laptop

    First Personal Laptop

    My dad works in IT and received an old laptop for personal use. I hijacked it and used it as my own. I loved watching the BBC Pride and Prejudice on it.
  • First iPad

    First iPad

    I won an Ipad mini at an After Prom party when I was a senior in high school.
  • First Smartphone

    First Smartphone

    Right before I left for college, I got my first smartphone and I was thrilled! It was an Android Droid and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
  • College Laptop

    College Laptop

    When I first started college, I was gifted a Chromebook by my parents.
  • First iPhone

    First iPhone

    When I came home from my LDS mission, I decided that my chromebook was not sufficient for what I needed to do in school so I got an Apple Macbook Air and an iPhone 8.