As part of our 30th anniversary celebrations, Tech&Learning will be compiling a compendium of the most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education. Our first 30 honorees will be plucked from the past— the founding fathers and mothers whose inventions, declarations, and theories set the table for where we are today. This doesn’t mean they can’t be influential now or in the future. We’re looking to recognize achievements from 1980 to the present (say 2010). We begin with the people below. We'll add to this list each week, so check back to see who else will be added. Did we miss someone? Leave your suggestion in a comment, or take our Reader Poll. Click HERE to see the latest poll results.
Albert Bandura Craig R. Barrett Benjamin S. Bloom LeRoy Finkel James D. Finn Robert Mills Gagné Howard Gardner Bill Gates Dennis Harper
Steve Jobs Ted Kennedy and George W. Bush Angus S. King Jr. Marshall McLuhan
Sugata Mitra M. David Merrill Scott McNealy Nicholas Negroponte Alan November Linda G. Roberts
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