What technology did you have in your classrooms as a kid?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on March 27, 2016
“Paper and pencils and crayons; fingerpaints, watercolors, and books; chalkboards.”
— Mary Ann Stewart, consulting engineer, Lawrence
“We started getting SMART Boards in middle school; the teachers had computers and projectors. There were some desktops in the backs of classrooms for kids to share; no iPads or anything like that.”
— Alek Joyce, server at 715, Lawrence
“We had the rolling carts that had Apple laptops — the green and orange ones.”
— Bree Wilson, financial analyst, Eudora
“Pencils; overhead projectors — we didn't even have videotapes when I was in school. We had 8 mm film in class for educational films.”
— David Wright, retired, Lawrence