Social Studies- Technology

When I asked my dad how technology has changed in the past thirty years, he didn't hesitate. He said that the way computers work and how they are used changed the most. The way people communicate was effected because in 1978 americans wrote letters and used the telephone. Now you can talk to anyone in the world with a touch of a button, using e-mail. As well as that, the way people find information was effected by the invention of the computer. To find information thirty years ago you would need to go to the local library and pick up and encyclopedia, using the computer you can find out any and everything. To emphasize, my dad said that when computers first came out, only the people who could afford them had them. His school didn't even have them! Now, most schools have computer labs filled with IBMS, and MACS. Overall, technology has drastically changed in the past thirty years.