Computers in Mathematics Education

• 1969 - 1998 University Professor of Mathematics, Mathematics Education and Computer Science at CSU Eastbay.


• Homebrew Computer Club where hobbyists were creating the first micro computer putting kits together building their own computers ala the Apple I


• 1975 Built my first Computer from a kit. An Altair 8800
  My Altair
  


• Peoples Computer Company : A storefront in Menlo Park where Bob Albrecht had a PDP8 mini computer and several terminals where children came after school to used BASIC to learn about computers


• 1975-1976 1st Sabbatical: Computers in Mathematics Education:
  
  
• MIT Seymore Papert had a turtle robot that was programmed by children with a language called LOGO Later MB created a Turtle Robot


• BBN was developing the Wide Area Network now called the internet


• University of Pittsburg where children were programming in BASIC


• Zerox PARC where children were programming in SmallTalk the first object oriented language for a Graphics User Interface using a mouse and a graphics screen in a Local Area Network


• 1976-1977 Wrote seven programs for the Altair with a keyboard and video display module published in Dr Dobb's Journal One of which executed Turtle Geometry ala Seymore Papert.


• 1977
  Designed and built a robot for the first IEEE Amazing MicroMouse Contest. My Mouse


• 1978 Bought my second computer. A Sol 20 Terminal Computer
  My Sol 20


• 1979 Developed a computer terminal with voice I/O for Handicapped students.