• ICON Canada (Edu-Computers)

  • Jun 13 2023
  • Length: 57 mins
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ICON Canada (Edu-Computers)

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  • Camila and Ana chat about Canada’s first standardised and purpose-built computer for eduction, the Icon. Prior to launching in 1984, it made promises of a hypertext learning utopia where it simplified lives of both students and teachers. The girls kick off by exploring the definition of failure (after Camila had gone to see the Minitel at the Museum of Failure), and end by discussing the criticisms of top-down government projects that stumped potential hypertext projects.

    Follow us on Twitter @OurFriendComp
    And Instagram @ourfriendthecomputer

    Main research for the episode was done by Ana who also audio edited.
    Music by Nelson Guay (SoundCloud: fluxlinkages)

    OFtC is a sister project of the Media Archaeology Lab at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  

    References:
    - Musuem of Failure, https://museumoffailure.com/
    - Wierzbicki, Barbara, “Icon: Canada’s system for schools”, InfoWorld, 7 Nov 1983, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0C8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
    - UNISYS > Icon, www.old-computers.com, https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=971
    - Eckert, Jason, “ Ontario’s Computer: The Burroughs ICON”, 3 Apr 2022, https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/icon-computer/
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