The document traces the evolution of information and communication technology (ICT) in education from 1981 to 1991. It discusses key developments such as the introduction of the IBM personal computer in 1981, the development of CD-ROM drives in 1985 for data storage, the era of educational computer games from 1985 to 1987, the creation of the World Wide Web in 1990, the launch of the Texas Instruments graphing calculator in 1991, and the emergence of laptop computers led by the Powerbook from Apple Computer. These developments helped drive the integration of technology into education during this period.

1. EVOLUTION OF ICT IN
EDUCATION
Prepared by: PERALTA, KIM JOHN REY P.
Section: BSE III - MATHEMATICS

2. EVOLUTION FROM 1981 – 1991
YEAR 1981 – IBM
YEAR 1985 – CD ROM DRIVE
YEAR 1985 – 1987 ERA OF EDUCATIONAL
COMPUTER GAMES
YEAR 1990 – THE WORLD WIDE WEB
YEAR 1991 - LAPTOP

3. International
Business Machines
•August 12, 1981 - Boca
Raton, Florida
•Engineers and
designers under the
direction of Philip (Don)
Estrige of the IBM Entry
Systems Division

4. IBM PERSONAL
COMPUTER
•IBM model 5150
•Introduced on August
12, 1981
•Encoding sets of data
•Programming is made
easy

5. CD ROM
DRIVE
• Developed by
DENON
• Storage
Capacity: 553
MiB
• Used to read
CD ROM

6. ERA OF
EDUCATIONAL
COMPUTER GAMES
• Mavis Beacon
• Carmen Sandiego
• Number Munchers

7. WORLD WIDE
WEB
• Sir Tim Berners-Lee
• Primary tool that billions of people
use to interact on the Internet
• The Internet is a global system of
interconnected computer networks.
In contrast, the World Wide Web is
a global collection of documents
and other resources, linked by
hyperlinks and URIs.

8. TI-81 GRAPHING
CALCULATOR
•Texas Instruments
•Used in algebra and
calculus courses
•Graphs up to four math
functions at once

9. LAPTOP
• Powerbook
• Apple Computer
Incorporation
• 2001 Industrial Design
Excellence Awards
“GOLD”
• Engadget’s 2005 “Laptop
of the Year”

10. References
• https://www-
03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/builders/builders_estridge.
html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM
• https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/cdrom.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-81
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_laptops