Digital Education Online Supplement Archival
Exclusive Content For Subscribers To Digital Education
ISSN 2517-1550
Introduction
A big problem in all fields is that collective memory tends to disappear: I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve clicked on a link to what was once a great resource or opinion piece, only to find that it has disappeared. By keeping my blog posts unchanged, I am playing a small part in maintaining a repository of thought.
cartoon of archival material, generated in ImageFX
This is why I’ve been publishing old issues of my newsletter, Computers in Classrooms, as it was then called back in the year 2000 (for subscribers to my newsletter, Digital Education. The very name tells you something: back then, a school was considered at the cutting edge of education technology if it not only had a computer lab, but — gasp! — at least one computer in each classroom as well.
Look at this screenshot of an article from the very first issue of Computers in Classrooms, which was published on 3rd April 2000:
Screenshot from the first issue of Computers in Classrooms
The article itself is interesting, not least because it refers to the education technology situation in the 1980s. But also look at the formatting: completely text-based. I think it is important to remember these small things, even though I cannot properly articulate why.
Anway, in the interests of doing my little bit to preserve collective memory, this section of the Digital Education Supplement will house the archive of my newsletters and articles published in magazines. I hope you find it useful.
