Bobby+Goodson

Bobby Goodson

Ann Lathrop and Liza Loop are developing a retrospective tribute to Bobby, beloved teacher and founder of Computer Using Educators (CUE). Bobby passed away last year (2012) but she left behind many gems from her long and rich life. On this page we will collect everything we have by, from, of and with Bobby. Please look through your closets, basements and attics to see if you have and Bobby Goodson memorabilia to contribute. You can either download it to this wiki (after becoming a member) or email it to Ann or Liza (liza@hcle.org). We will edit the material together to produce the retrospective. If you'd like to work on the editing, please let us know.

The links below take you to other web sites and open in a separate tab. To return to this page find its tab labeled "HCLE - Bobby Goodson" in your browser.

See Bobby on YouTube talking about why she founded Computer Using Educators (CUE). The unedited video is long but Bobby's part is minutes 8:40 through 14:48. Video was shot at the CUE meeting in Palm Springs, CA at the 30th Anniversary of CUEs founding. Everyone in this video is an Ed. Tech. Pioneer.

Article by Brian Bridges about CUE

Recent photo of Bobby on Flickr

Our corresponding page on IAE-pedia

[|Obituary]

Tech Trends Interview (1985)

Courseware in the Classroom: Selecting, Organizing, and Using Educational Software by [|Ann Lathrop], Bobby Goodson


 * "May 15, 19****27** - Bobby Goodson, known fondly as the "mother of computer education" was born. Bobby taught in the Cupertino schools and convinced her junior high school to purchase three 16K Apple microcomputers after she saw the prototype of the machine. She along with Bay Area educators formed "Computer Using Educators' - an association now known as CUE. Bobby was president of ICCE (International Council for Computers in Education) in 1984." copied from This Month in Ed Tech History Archives