Digital Story – Travel through tech time
with a Baby Boomer
Slide 1 - It’s a brave new world…how
did we get here? Let’s travel back in
time and I will tell you a story of my journey from the Land o’ Low Tech,
through the land of Rising’ Tech and into the domain of NOW!
Slide 2- I was born to the post war era
of 1946 – 1964. Our generation is called “the Baby Boomers”
Follow my
migration across the great Technological Divide, be amazed (an amused) as I
cross Generation X and Y and Generation Next and encounter their offspring,
Generation Net.
Slide 5- My daddy had “car phone” in
his truck. The truck horn would honk
when his boss was calling him!
Slide 6 - We had one phone in our
house, but children were not allowed to use it
Slide 7 - We shared a phone line with 4
other families – a party line!
Slide 13 - I did my first data input on
one of these
Slide 15 - We had to learn a language
called “DOS”
Slide 19 - There was a lot of money
made by programmers and scammers alike! But we survived….and technology
thrived.
Slide 21 -At our in service, there was
not a computer in sight
But now….
Slide 22 - Technology….
Slide 23 - Is changing….
Slide 24- ….how we teach and learn!
Slide
25 - “What lies ahead for this Boomer? Stay tuned
for the sequel, “The next 50 years”
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