AI Chatbots
70's & 80's TV Shows
Early Internet
Early Teacher Tools
Famous American Teachers
100

This popular chatbot developed by OpenAI.

What is ChatGPT?

100

This 1980s sitcom followed the Tanner family and featured catchphrases like “You got it, dude!”

What is Full House?


100

This early internet feature greeted users with the phrase, “You’ve got mail!”

What is AOL email?

100

This tool, used in the 19th century, was often employed by teachers to keep students' attention and deliver discipline.

What is the ruler?

100

This teacher was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. 

Who is Ann Sullivan?

200

This "LLM" in AI chatbots stands for this.

What is Large Language Model?

200

This sci-fi show from the 70s  and it's crew exploring space.

What is Star Trek?

200

In the 90s, people connected to the internet using this noisy method.

What is dial-up or a modem?

200

In the early 1900s, this teaching aid was commonly used to help students visualize math problems and learn the basics of addition and subtraction.

What is the abacus?

200

His stories originally published in 1836 introduced children to a variety of topics and taught them valuable moral lessons at the same time. He was a professor at Miami University and became president of Cincinnati College

Who is William McGuffey?

300

This test, named after a famous computer scientist, measures a machine’s ability to mimic human intelligence in conversation.

What is the Turing Test?

300

This 1980s show featured four Vietnam veterans on the run, helping people while driving a black van with a red stripe.

What is The A-Team?

300

This first widely used web browser helped popularize the internet in the 1990s.

What is Netscape Navigator?

300

This was an early classroom tool, dating back to the 1800s, that used a set of colored cards to teach reading and spelling?

What are flashcards?

300

She made education accessible for women by creating the Troy Female Seminary.

Who is Emma Willard?

400

AI chatbots use this type of learning model to predict and generate text.

What is machine learning?

400

This detective show featured a private investigator in Hawaii, famous for his mustache and Hawaiian shirts.

What is Tom Selleck or Magnum P.I.?

400

This 90s chat service, often used for instant messaging, was famous for its buddy lists and away messages.

What is AIM (Aol Instant Messenger)?

400

This 20th-century teaching tool was used to create personalized lessons by drawing on it. 

What is a chalkboard?

400

She was an author of numerous books and a preschool teacher. She emphasized the importance of storytelling and play for the development of children. 

Who is Vivian Paley?

500

This is one major limitation of AI chatbots, making them occasionally provide incorrect or biased information.

What is hallucination (or incorrect response generation)?

500

This 1970s sitcom featured 2 struggling roomates who worked at Shotz Brewery.

What is Laverne & Shirley?

500

Before Google, this search engine, named after a cartoon character, was one of the most popular ways to find things online.

What is Ask Jeeves?

500

Developed in the early 1900s, this educational machine was one of the first attempts to use technology for classroom learning, often used to teach language and math.

What is an educational filmstrip/projector?

500

He started the world’s largest digital educational platform that contains lectures and exercises for personalized learning. It covers different school subjects that range from math and computing to history and the arts.

Who is Sal Khan?