There was a time, not so long ago, when gearing up for school meant a new pencil case or perhaps a snappy new Trapper Keeper. Today, school kids have access to technology their slide rule-wielding predecessors couldnt have possibly dreamed of. Welcome to Tech in Teaching, a recurring series inspired by the HP Pavilion dm4 BeatsTM Edition. Over the next few months Ill be interviewing public school teachers about how technological developments have affected the education process over the years.A few days ago, I spoke with Joe McDonough, a 40-year teaching vet. Joe spent the majority of his tenure teaching math to high schoolers in suburban Long Island and has pretty much seen it all, from ditto machines to room-sized mainframe computers.

via Tech in Teaching: How Technology in the 70s Transformed America’s Classrooms.