The scores are in. According to my classes, the most important person in educational technology is Bill Gates. A distant second was Steve Jobs followed closely by Tim Berners-Lee.
When I asked if anyone knew where Bill Gates had taught, no one seemed to know. He didn’t actually graduate from college, so he didn’t teach in K-12 or higher education.
He did co-found Microsoft and make a few billion dollars. That has ended with one of the most philanthropic endeavors in history which has financially benefited many educational institutions. That has to count for something.
There were many votes for people you would see as keynote speakers at eTech or NECC. These people were harder find using Google. I also saw a few people that listed teachers that had personally touched their lives. That’s the great thing about educational technology.
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