Tuesday
Apr222008
Auto-Tutor (1964)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 7:54PM 
This "auto-tutor" from the 1964 World's Fair is very similar in concept to the "homework machine" we looked at from 1981. The photo above can be found in the Official Souvenir Book of the 1964 New York World's Fair.
AUTOMATED SCHOOLMARM
The Autotutor, a U.S. Industries teaching machine, is tried out by visitors to the Hall of Education. It can even teach workers to use other automated machines.
See also:
Homework in the Future (1981)
The Answer Machine (1964)
Learning in 1999 A.D. (1967)
Connections: AT&T's Vision of the Future (Part 7, 1993)
The Road Ahead: Future Classroom (1995)
Closer Than We Think! (1958-1963)
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Reader Comments (3)
This is amazing! And the way the illustrator portraited the future office furniture... pretty cool!
The furniture is very futuristic! I would love to have liked this in our office. =)
If you squint your eyes a little, it could look like a library carrel with a PC in it...