It is a little difficult to decide what can fit into a learning technology timeline and what should be included, but from all of the entries, it seems that the vast majority deal with communication and how it has evolved in society. From the cave paintings to the last days of humans having bodies, all the entries seem to be about us communicating and interacting with each other. If that is the case, the timeline does a great job in showing the major innovations throughout history. It gives us a lot of information about the development of communication systems with paper, numerals, the novel, libraries, and even Braille.

There are many obvious entries but there are also a lot of ones many people wouldn't normally think of such as the Rosetta Stone which allowed us to decipher hieroglyphics and understand the ancient Egyptians. Another important entry of the past that I probably would have just forgotten about but is essential for writing is the discovery of graphite. Graphite obviously led to pencils and created a whole new way of writing quicker and faster for people all around the world. This was a huge discovery that made ink and a feather seem stupid.

There were, however, some questionable entries such as chalk becoming common in the classroom. It might be relevant to communicating in the classroom but is it really one of the most influential technological advances of all time? Not a chance. The same goes for the Slinky. Yes it demonstrates the laws of physics, but to put it in there next to the television and radio and computer technologies, it just seems ridiculous. Another point I wanted to make along with the questionable calls was why certain technologies were left off.

Most of the timeline goes along with communication, but there are entries dealing with video games, air conditioners, and movies. Not to say that these aren't important, but if those are to be included, what about other things such as transportation. The car, the airplane, the locomotive, and even the bicycle have to be some of the most influential inventions ever and are certainly more important than a Slinky. These things might be a combination of learning technologies, so I'm not sure if that is what the timeline was going for. If it is just about learning then I am wrong.

As far as the entries for the future go, I thought they were pretty impressive. Usually, when we see movies situated in the future and then when it really gets to that time period, they seem ludicrous. For example, although it's a stupid movie, Demolition Man is a good example. It tries to show the future around the 1998 I think, and it is just ridiculous what they thought the future would look like. Even in 2001: A Space Odyssey, they are way off on what the world was going to be. The timeline is not as much out there as some movies seem to go and a lot of the entries were very intriguing. Virtual reality training would make a lot of sense and almost seems feasible. An organic artificial eye is an amazing idea, but would never happen now. 2048 might not be that far off because what is being researched. The only one of the future that I think is impossible is the one world language of Terran being implemented. It seems impossible because some cultures would never accept this idea because of tradition, religion, or other reasons. Although a very interesting idea, it just won't happen. Other than that some other future predictions are just scary. What if we couldn't read or not have bodies anymore? I have no idea, and how someone thought of these things is very weird. I don't know, maybe we won't need bodies or not have to read because all I know is that we keep on learning.