1. Communicating in a Techie World By Horace Gloom

2. Grandpa is that You! Telephones really changed things. All of a sudden You could talk to cousin Joe, hundreds of miles away. My grandfather says his mom used to use a handle on The phone to get an operator?

3. My grandparents used to listen to the radio. Then came TV!! Thats where they got the news. Thats how they knew what was happening in the world. The first TV was sold In 1928. By the early 30s there were 48 stations. My grandparents had there first TV in 1952. It showed only black and white shows

4. Is that a computer? Konrad Zuse (1910-1995) was a construction engineer for the Henschel Aircraft Company in Berlin, Germany at the beginning of WWII. Konrad Zuse earned the semiofficial title of "inventor of the modern computer" In 1931 the first computer was invented My grandmother is afraid to use a computer. She still likes to use the phone.

5. Computers have changed the whole world. Now I can e-mail a friend on the other side of the world. I can see live shots of a surfer in Australia. Computers have changed the whole world. Now I can e-mail a friend on the other side of the world. I can see live shots of a surfer in Australia. Is life better now than When my grandparents Were kids?

6. Maybe, but I still like to read! Remember the newspapers, books, writing letters. Thats how my great, great, great…. Grandparents got information and communicated with the world. Thats me sitting and communicating, just with me. Enjoying a good book!

7. Works Cited Inventions and Inventors http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm A history on inventors and inventions