In the 1960s and 1970s, PLATO was used as a groundbreaking computer-aided instruction (CAI) system, equipped with modern features such as beautiful graphics and touch screens for the time. Summarized ...

"First, a quick jump back to the mid-70s – your online day starts as you sit down to your computer, with its gas-plasma flat-panel graphics display and built-in touch screen. Once signed on, you're ...

In the 1960s and ’70s, he developed the PLATO computer system, which combined instant messaging, email, chat rooms and gaming on flat-screen plasma displays. By Michael S. Rosenwald Donald Bitzer, an ...

URBANA – The PLATO computer system at the University of Illinois innovated both in hardware – including plasma display and touch screens – and software – educational innovations, email, interactivity ...

It seems obvious now: People are the “killer app” for computers. Computers are less about computing and much more about communication, connection and community. Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, email, ...

A dive into the past, whether you're using a vintage or new computer. We had a CYBER 74 at my college. Took my assembly language programming course on it. No PLATO terminals though, just dial-up ...

The Computer History Museum is preparing for a major new exhibition, “Revolution: The First 2,000 Years of Computing,” launching in January 2011. “Revolution” will be the first major museum exhibition ...

Greg Noonan credits Seminole Community College’s PLATO computer learning lab with placing him on the fast track to his goal of becoming a respiratory therapist technician. Just this week, the ...

“Haverford is doing a great job, despite these illogical measurements,” said School Superintendent David Van Winkle. The evaluation, rife with standardized test scores and other data, is required ...

Metaphors cannot be taught, asserted the great philosopher Aristotle. “It is the one thing that cannot be learned from others.” But a computer scientist and literary historian say Aristotle is wrong.