I’ve been doing a lot of deep digging while working on my book about the history of technology in education – as I’ve seen it. This afternoon, I happened upon some online handouts for one of my first keynotes and its slidedeck. The address was called, “The Three Ts of Teaching in the Twenty-First Century.” It appears to have been delivered in November of 2000.
On one of the opening slides, I had listed the ten most searched for terms of that month. As a comparison, I found the top ten searches on Google in 2014, and have listed them as well.
| November 2000 | 2014 | |||
| 10 | Pokemon | 10 | Sochi Olympics | |
| 91 | Napster | 91 | Frozen | |
| 81 | Playstation 2 | 81 | ISIS | |
| 71 | NFL | 7 | Conchita Wurst | |
| 6 | Florida Recount | 6 | Flappy Bird | |
| 5 | Britney Spears | 5 | ALS Ice Bucket Challenge | |
| 4 | Thanksgiving | 4 | Malaysia Airlines | |
| 3 | Dragonball | 3 | Ebola | |
| 2 | Election 2000 | 2 | World Cup | |
| 1 | Christmas | 1 | Robin Williams | |
I was actually surprised how little it’s changed? We have video games, sports, entertainment with a peppering of world-shaping issues.
