Backpack Evolution: How Technology Changed Backpack Essentials

BACKPACK EVOLUTION: HOW TECHNOLOGY CHANGED BACKPACK ESSENTIALS While ancient philosophy, calculus, and English literature may not have changed much for college students in the past two decades, technology is a different story. The tools of learning, socializing, and surviving college life have evolved drastically over the years, as can be witnessed by what is found in the average student's backpack. 1990s Pager Graphing Calculator DATES C++ Leather-bound planner Hardcover Textbook Boondoggle 3.5 inch Floppy Disk Receipt from Campus Bookstore Spiral Notebook Cassette Player Pencil Bag 2000s Graphing Calculator Cell Phone Laptop Softcover Textbook with CD-ROM Supplements Keychain Game Pocket PC CD-RWs Spiral Notebook CD Player Pencil Bag TODAY ·W Graphing Calculator App Smartphone Laptop 4GB Flash Drive Textbook with Podcast Supplements Backup Charger Receipt for Textbooks from Online Bookstores Spiral Notebook MP3 Player Loaded with Recorded Lectures Pencil Bag RASMUSSEN COLLEGE CONCRE OD 10