Tech It to the Limits in Lindy

To kick off Lindy Tech-fest week, Lindenhurst High School students took a historical walk through time during the Antique Tech Roadshow.

For 20-minute periods throughout the day, students gathered to explore technological artifacts that had been generously loaned by staff and faculty of the district, the Lindenhurst Historical Society, and Denny Daniel of the Museum of Interesting Things in Manhattan.

Items dated as far back as the 1800s, as well as spanning more recent decades. Artifacts included record players, floppy disks, Atari gaming systems and the original mobile phone, as well as more dated pieces such as a studio camera, railroad lanterns, a Victrola and a wind-up portable gramophone.

The museum, arranged in the high school library media arts center, featured more than 60 artifacts for students to explore with the help of student curators, who helped them research objects online.

In addition, students had the chance to visit the Tech-fest Theater to learn more about technology from the past that has helped to shape the future. They also took part in a photo-montage contest in which they were scored on the number of artifacts they could correctly identify.

During the remainder of the week, students were invited to participate in roundtable discussions on a variety of topics, including social media, digital resources and connecting to the global learning community.

Photos courtesy of the Lindenhurst School District