Beginning of the Intenet(Arpanet)
1969/1970
The first developments of the internet began as a military
network called ARPAnet (Advanced Research Projects Agency
network). It was opened to public users in
the late 1970s and many universities and large businesses went on-line.
In 1968 the Advanced Research Project Agency selected a Honeywell minicomputer
as the computer on which they would build the switch. The physical network
was constructed in 1969, linking four nodes: University of California at
Los Angeles, SRI (in Stanford), University of California at Santa Barbara,
and University of Utah. The network was wired together via 50 Kbps
circuits.
By the early 1980's the Internet was reaching clear across
the United States and many of the system backbones were being developed.
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Relevant Links to the History of the Internet
The Computer Museum
http://www.tcm.org/html/history/timeline/years/1970.html
History of the Internet timeline
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml
Historical internet maps
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/historical.html
Yahoo Internet History links
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/History/
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Other events of
1970
The first mobile robot controlled by artificial intelligence
was called Shakey.
University computer centers were attacked by Vietnam War
protesters.
The country's first automated teller machine was installed
at Citizens and Southern National Bank, in Valdosta, Georgia.
I was born on May 6, 1970 at Paxton Community Hospital
in Paxton, Il.
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The year 2020
The advances in educational technology are tremendous.
The biggest introduction this year in technology is the ISCAD(Indvidual
Student Computer Automated Desk). The ISCAD is truly every teachers
wish for the student workstation. Instead of ordinary wood desks
these are high density fiber plastic desks with built in wireless computer
systems. The only thing visible on the top of the desk is a small
command pad with buttons to activate the pop-up digital display, the pop-up
microphone headset, and the log on button. The digital display allows
students to see demonstrations the teacher is performing on his or her
command center workstation, it allows for virtual field trips with the
teacher controlling what all workstations are seeing at the same time.
The pop-up microphone headset is used by the student to give all computer
commands and to input assignments into the computer. Once the student
has entered assignments they can then give a voice command to transmit
the assignment to the teacher's computer. These special headsets
are also used by the student to send questions to the teacher's command
center computer during class discussion, no more raising of the hand.
The log on button is used when the student enters a classroom and begins
a session at a workstation. The workstation will through the wireless
network keep track of all of the student's assignments, notes, and allow
for review of class discussion from any previous classes they have attended.
There of course are no more excuses from students not knowing the assignment
or losing the assignment since there is an electronic trail.
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