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First Use

by cal2011 — published Apr 14, 2011 11:05 AM, last modified Apr 14, 2011 11:07 AM
These are stories relating to first use of a computer in education.
F-R-E-D by Chris Shelton — last modified Apr 14, 2011 11:11 AM
I was in Junior School and our school got its first BBC computer...
Computer Studies without touching a keyboard by Ruby Rennie Panter — last modified Jun 08, 2015 01:28 PM
While at Oban High School in the 1970s I took computing studies as one of my 6th-year courses. I didn't touch a keyboard for the whole year.
Programming through the decades by Tricia Lockhart — last modified Jun 08, 2015 01:39 PM
In 1964, as a 15/16 year old, in a Herefordshire school founded in 1632, an inspiring Maths teacher (Mr Jones) taught us Fortran IV. We borrowed a punch for the cards from Wiggins a local paper company and they ran our programs for us.
Multi-choice questionnaires for revision by Phillip Lawton — last modified Jun 08, 2015 02:48 PM
The engineering Science Project - one of the 30 projects of the National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning
Contributor to the Domesday Project by Jyoti Rajdev — last modified Jun 08, 2015 02:48 PM
My history teacher Mr Howells of Addey and Stanhope School had given me an opportunity to contribute my everyday life and student life at school for the Domesday project.
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