So I was thinking the other day that when I first went to grade school, my friend's mom was the secretary and she did all of her work on a typewriter...I know this because we often played on it after school! By the time I was in 5th grade we had computers in our classroom and played the original Oregon Trail game. That was awesome! In 7th grade, we had a computer lab and that's when I learned how to type and make a basic excel worksheet. It wasn't until my Freshman year in college that I signed up for an email account. And I finally owned my very own computer after my Junior year of college. I say all this to say how quickly and how amazing technology progresses.
I can only imagine what technology will be like when my baby goes to school...power point presentations for show and tell and who knows what else. 
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We got our first home computer in '82, I think, it was a Texas Instruments home computer and was nearly useless, except for the games that came with it.
My dad was at the cutting edge of educational technology, with a Apple IIc and a IIe in his classroom in 1980 or '81.
I first heard of email as a junior in high school and didn't understand why anyone would use it.
Now, I'm typing this on my brother-in-law's laptop, on an open wireless network. In Boise. Surreal.
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