timeline brms staff march08
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A forty-five year historical perspective.19622008
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The programming language FORTRAN IV is created.
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The first 8" floppy diskette drive was introduced.
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The first 5.25-inch floppy disk is invented.
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The first Tandy Color computer is introduced.
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The 3.5-inch floppy diskette is introduced.
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MS-DOS version 1.25 is released.
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The World Wide Web is launched to the public.
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Microsoft releases Windows 95.
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Amazon.com officially opens.
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More e-mail is sent than postal mail in USA.
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The birth of Google.
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Digital Video Discs / (DVDs) go on sale.
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The Intel Pentium II 233 MHz processor is released.
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Internet weblogs begin to appear.
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The Intel Pentium III 500 MHz is released.
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Microsoft Windows 2000 is released.
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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act was created.
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Microsoft unveils the Xbox.
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Apple introduces the iPod.
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Approximately 1 billion PCs have been shipped worldwide since the mid-'70s.
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Cartoon turtle named "Dewie" introduced to help promote Internet safety and security.
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MySpace is founded.
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Google announces Gmail.
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YouTube is founded. 35,000 videos were uploaded daily. 30 million clips were viewed each day in 2005.
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There are 24.2 million MySpace users.
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The Intel Core 2 Extreme was released.
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The blu-ray was introduced.
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Apple releases the Apple iPhone.
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Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007.
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February 26, 2008 48% of teenagers bought no CDs at all in 2007, up from 38% in 2006.
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94% of youth ages 12-17 who have Internet access say they use the Internet for school research and 78% say they believe the Internet helps them with schoolwork.
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58% of online teens report using Web sites that had been set up specifically for their school or for a particular class. Pew Internet & American Life Project 2001 research
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41% of online teens say they use email and instant messaging to contact teachers or classmates about schoolwork.
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21st Century SkillsStudents will use engaging technology in collaborative inquiry-based learning environments with teachers who are willing and able to use technology to assist them in transforming knowledge and skills into products, solutions and new information.ISTE NETS-2007
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What kind of classroom world are you making for your students?
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