I had included some links about computer history on The Best Eleven Websites For Students To Learn About Computers, but some new related links have recently been published. So I’ve decided to make this topic its very own list, and expanded it beyond just computers.

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Here are my choices for The Best Sites For Learning About The History of Technology (and are accessible to English Language Learners):

TIME Magazine has come out with a nice slideshow titled A Brief History of The Computer.

An Illustrated History of Computers is much more complete, but isn’t as accessible to ELL’s as the TIME slideshow.

A Modern History of Communication is a new infographic developed by Google.

The Computer History Museum has an exhaustive Timeline of Computer History.

PBS has an interactive timeline on technology developed from 1750 to 1990.

The Wall Street Journal has an interactive on how 3-D Technology Came To Be.

The New York Times has an interactive timeline on the development of artificial intelligence.

Here’s an infographic on the Evolution of The Book.

And The Wall Street Journal has an amusing, and fast-paced, video describing the the history of the book, too.

The History of Location Technology is a surprisingly neat infographic from Mashable.

All-TIME 100 Gadgets comes from TIME Magazine.

This is a Computer is a post from Read Write Web that provides several multimedia examples of technology from the past that preceded what we now consider computers.

A gadget’s life: From gee-whiz to junk is a Washington Post infographic show the “arc” of how modern gadgets have gone from being introduced, to being popular, to becoming obsolete. It also shows how their prices varied during that time. I think it’s slightly confusing, but I’m still going to add it to this list.

Click! A Brief History of Computing is a slideshow from LIFE.

“Computers: A Chronological Timeline” is an exhaustive review of computers, with many photos.

Failed Tech Predictions (And Some That Came Close) is an intriguing infographic.

The Development of the Camera: From Ancient to Instant is an infographic from Mashable.

Archive Gallery: Personal Computers is a slideshow from Popular Science.

Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing is a presentation from the Computer History Museum.

Educational Technology Through The Years is a slideshow from David Deubelbeiss.

This doesn’t quite fit into this “The Best” list, but it’s so amazing that it had go to somewhere: Timeline of Systematic Data and the Development of Computable Knowledge.

What’s 6 Feet Tall and Weighs 1,500 Pounds? A Minicomputer is a Wall Street Journal slideshow about Seattle’s Living Computer Museum.

Smartphone Evolution Over the Last 40 Years [Infographic] comes from Read Write Web.

A Before-Its-Time Machine is a diagram from The New York Times of the “first” computer design — “Researchers are planning to build a working version of the Analytical Engine, which Charles Babbage conceived of in the 1830s but never completed.” You can read more about the project here.

Check out the Museum of Obsolete Objects.

11 Sounds That Your Kids Have Probably Never Heard is a great post from Mental Floss.

7 early videos of now-everyday technology is from The Mother Nature Network.

Predicting the Future of Computing is a really neat New York Times timeline.

Ten tech items you won’t be needing anymore is a slideshow from The Los Angeles Times.

Tech Has Saved the Postal Service for 200 Years—Today, It Won’t is an intriguing slideshow.

Timeline: A History Of Touch-Screen Technology comes from NPR.

Suggestions are welcome.

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