Tech Then & Now
This device replaced handwritten letters and allows you to send messages instantly.
What is email/text messaging?
This music format was popular before CDs and streaming.
What are records/vinyl?
This is where you tap to find and download new programs on your phone.
What is the App Store/Google Play Store?
This device takes pictures but does not use film.
What is a digital camera?
This website lets people search for information online.
What is Google?
Before smartphones, people used this to call someone while away from home.
What is a payphone?
People used this device to call someone and physically turn numbers.
What is a rotary phone?
This symbol means your phone is connected to the internet without using cellular data.
What is Wi-Fi?
Before streaming movies, people rented these from stores like Blockbuster.
What are VHS tapes/DVDs?
This social media platform is known for sharing photos and videos.
What is Instagram?
This button on your phone lets you speak to your phone instead of typing.
What is the microphone/voice assistant button?
This television show featured a family living in the future with robot helpers and flying cars.
What is The Jetsons?
This feature helps you find your way when driving or walking.
What is GPS/maps?
This device lets you talk without holding your phone.
What are earbuds/headphones/Bluetooth devices?
This online meeting platform did many people learn to use during COVID.
What is Zoom?
This technology allows you to see and talk to someone even when they are far away.
What is video calling (Zoom/FaceTime)?
This arcade game featuring a yellow character eating dots became famous in the 1980s.
What is Pac-Man?
If your phone battery is almost empty, you need to connect this.
What is a charger?
This machine created documents from a computer.
What is a printer?
This is something you should NEVER share online.
What is your password?
This small square pattern can be scanned with a phone camera to open a website or form.
What is a QR code?
This handheld device allowed people to listen to music anywhere before smartphones.
What is a Walkman?
This setting can make text bigger and easier to read.
What is accessibility/font size settings?
This device became popular in homes during the 1990s and connected people to the internet.
What is a desktop computer?
This word describes fake information shared online.
What is misinformation/fake news?