This document presents excerpts from various sources over 200 years that express skepticism about new technologies used in education. The excerpts show how educators have historically doubted the usefulness of new technologies like paper, ink pens, ballpoint pens, calculators, computers, the internet, laptops, phones and questioned whether students should be allowed to use them for schoolwork. The final excerpt from 2015 questions what would have happened if educators had taken a more open approach to new technologies in education over the past 200+ years.