What was the technology craze when you were at school?

[Reecejackox 397]

Bebo social media in general to be honest 

[Brony Number 42 10,069]

mp3s were a new thing.

[coffeeandponies 733]

iPod touch was just the wildest and craziest thing imaginable.

[Iforgotmybrain 5,661]

Yeah iPod Touches, iPads, the first smartphones, and the Nintendo DS, were the biggest things alongside the growing presence of social media and YouTube.

[Pentium100 2,122]

Tamagotchi then later cellphones. Also game consoles (and PCs) later, but since those were at home, they were not as visible. 

[SharpWit 2,647]

Never got into it myself, but there was that revival for games on Ti-84 calculators, and there was a group that had modified NES controllers to plug into the school computers to play Halo:CE

[Fluttershutter 2,453]

I miss Ipods. 

and characters

[Megas 27,624]

Definitely the original iPods, those things were everywhere

[Twitchy-Tremor 297]

Flip phones.

I feel really really old now.

[Savy 5,077]

Definitely the Gameboy, Tamagotchi, flip phones, and the iPod.

I miss those days.

 

[Envy 6,160]

I was in high school when cell phones really took off. Suddenly everyone had them! Also, high-speed internet (wired), really took off, too (replacing the very limited dial-up). As mentioned by many others here, also MP3s, iPods, and other MP3 players.

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,271]

On 2023-08-25 at 4:00 AM, Pentium100 said:

Tamagotchi then later cellphones. Also game consoles (and PCs) later, but since those were at home, they were not as visible. 

Those Tamagotchi devices were there back in my day  

[Dreambiscuit 9,691]

It depends on what level of school you're talking about. When I was little, in early grade school, it was all about those stupid beeper/pagers. It was so ridiculous and I'm glad everyone got over it. Later on it was MP3s and then iPod Touch (I still have my iPod Touch 5 and love it). Now everything seems to revolve around cellphones and I was hoping it would be a passing fad but it seems to be dug-in like a tick, so no luck there.  

[Fluttershutter 2,453]

4 hours ago, Dreambiscuit said:

It depends on what level of school you're talking about. When I was little, in early grade school, it was all about those stupid beeper/pagers. It was so ridiculous and I'm glad everyone got over it. Later on it was MP3s and then iPod Touch (I still have my iPod Touch 5 and love it). Now everything seems to revolve around cellphones and I was hoping it would be a passing fad but it seems to be dug-in like a tick, so no luck there.  

Yes. Electronic crack.  They're an annoying, largely pointless technology but society is building everything up around them. 

Where I work they want you to punch in with a cell phone because that way they don't have to spend money on a time clock. People are always shoving a phone in my face saying "Do you have this?" How the hell can people even see those tiny screens??? 

[Evil Pink One 13,506]

Tamagochi!!!... my age is showing uhhgg...

[Silly Druid 6,966]

Electronic watches (I still use mine).

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,271]

I had a 101 Dalmatians (promotion tied to the mid 90s live action film) virtual pet, that I recall was allowed in school  

Word to @Dreambiscuit:  I dig those MP3 players  

Edited October 3, 2023 by ZiggWheelsManning

[Dreambiscuit 9,691]

On 2023-10-01 at 9:33 AM, Fluttershutter said:

Yes. Electronic crack.  They're an annoying, largely pointless technology but society is building everything up around them. 

Where I work they want you to punch in with a cell phone because that way they don't have to spend money on a time clock. People are always shoving a phone in my face saying "Do you have this?" How the hell can people even see those tiny screens??? 

I agree completely. Everything is built around them on the absurd assumption that everyone has, or is willing, to fork out hundreds of dollars on a smart phone.  For years I used a regular phone off the shelf for $30 and it was fine until smart phones became a requirement for every imaginable task (and many unimaginable tasks!) On a recent vacation I had to have my phone out 95% of the time for one silly reason or another, and that just ain’t natural!

 

[TBD 17,254]

It was definitely game boy. 

[Twitchy-Tremor 297]

Saga, Nintendo then game boy, much more portable cell phones that fit in pockets

[Clawdeen 14,083]

Oh definitely ipods/mp3 players. Then I would say cellphones. Myself and over half my class always had earbuds in during class listening to ipods. Got in trouble for it a few times but I didn't really care and they never really punished me for it.

[zerox 1,113]

Cell phones. I got mine in 6th grade. A friend already had one. I'm 36.

[Xada 373]

I think it was fidget spinners and whatever the newest Iphone was at the time.

[Sir Hugsalot 9,348]

During my school times Poland was waaaay behind the "west" with technology, so in my primary school times (pretty much late 90s, early 2000) people were freaking out about mobile phones (especially when they had colorful displays and cameras) and, in case of boys, video games. It was rare for anyone to own a PC or any console back then, so having one was a perfect cheat code to become the "cool kid" on the street. 

Also walkmen (yes, I lived in times when casettes were still a thing, discmen and MP3 were a big deal. Especially the last one as combined with how easy was it to get mp3 files it seemed to be "perfect" way to listen to music back then. 

[Espy Vibe 4,279]

Beats headphones and those pill-shaped speakers are all I can remember I would say smartphones but everyone had one by then so it wasn't really a "craze"