By: Bre Nicole Terry

History Time line From

1980 to

2012

Microsoft invented

1980

Lotus became the best-selling program for IMB Pcs

1983

First jet printer for PCs

1984

Pcs Intel's with microprocessor introduced

1987

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) formed to contribute to student learning

1990

Companies begin manufacturing computers with the Pentium processor by Intel

1993 “Technology Standards for Teachers” released by ISTE with 13 indicators

Mosaic Web browser created by Marc Andreesen, leading to organization of Netscape Communications Corp

1993

Microsoft Windows 95 released with more than 10,000 lines of computer instructions

1995 The JAVA application introduced by Sun

Microsystems is a programming language for numerous platforms

1995

Intel Pentium II Processor introduced to incorporate MMX technology with video, audio, & graphics

1997 FCC approves Education Rate (E-Rate) telecommunications discount for K-12 schools and public libraries

Introduction of DVDs allows optical disc storage of computer, audio, and video data at near-studio quality

1997

Microsoft introduces the Windows 98 upgrade to 95 with improved Internet access and system performance

The futuristic Apple iMac computer is introduced minus the floppy drive but with a new easy setup

1998 Florida High School Online begins online courses Intel Teach to the Future launches a program for

worldwide integration of technology in the classroom

1998

Smallest transistor produced from a single “buckyball” molecule of Carbon-60 at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

2000 Napster developed by Shawn Fanning allows

users to swap music files without accessing a central file server

2000

Digital satellite radio licenses auctioned off to two companies for $93 million and $89 million

Microsoft introduces Microsoft Office 2001 for Macintosh with Word, Excel, Entourage, and PowerPoint

Apple Computers produces Mac OS X and promotes it as the preeminent operating system

2001 America Online (AOL) introduces Internet access with instant messaging, e-mail, and customized pages

Microsoft releases Windows XP Professional and Home versions for advanced computing

Wireless access to technology increases as carriers compete for market share through new services

Electronic texts (E-books) available via free & paid download with the ability to search, highlight, etc.

2001

Professional-grade videos can be produced with new DVD writers, digital video cameras, & editing software

2002 Handspring introduces the first all-in-one handheld (Treo) with e-mail, Web-browsing, and cell phone use

Friendster becomes a social networking powerhouse

2002

LinkedIn and MySpace bite into Friendster’s market share of social networkers

2004 Microsoft produces Class Server Learning

Management Platform to aid school districts with NCLB challenge

2004

Information distribution via blogging and podcasting become commonplace on the WWW

2005 Spim, SPAM, spit, spyware, and phishing join viruses in computer annoyances, often transmitted via e-mail

YouTube (www.youtube.com ) invented by S. Chen, C. Hurley, & J. Karim for online video sharing

2005

The microblogging site, Twitter becomes one of the fastest growing exchanges in online social media

2006 New versions of Microsoft and Mozilla Web

browsers enhanced browsing and security

2006

Podcasting and Vlogging increase in popularity due to easy access and use of digital audio and video

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) extends to Wi-Fi phones with Wireless-G network & high-speed Internet

2007 Microsoft Vista operating system with Internet

Explorer 7 released, with improved security & performance

2007

Apple released their first I phone

2007

According to Lucian Parfeni (2009) YouTube presents 1 billion online videos per day

2009

Apple released their first I pad

2010

Touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad, released by Apple

2010 YMax Corp, the makers of magicJack, has a new version that lets users make free calls from cell phones

Intel developed the Intel Wireless Display (WiDi) that enables users to beam computer screen images to a TV

2012

Working on for the future