We watched "film strips" and the overhead projector was our mesmerizing high-tech equipment. Our teachers had to HAND WRITE our report cards and comments, there was no email, and we had ONE computer to share between all 3 classes at a grade level! I actually remember when I was in third grade there was this "initiative" to sort of "introduce" the internet to people so we did this program where we sent messages to a school in Alaska. We used Prodigy (that's how long ago this was) and the program was called "Hello!" ... I don't even think the term "email" had been invented yet. It seemed SO futuristic to me. And yes, we played Oregon Trail on these computers too.