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MGGS has long incorporated technological advancements into our pedagogical practices.
MGGS has long incorporated technological advancements into our pedagogical practices.
Pioneering Technological Innovation
Since our inception, Melbourne Girls Grammar has incorporated technological advancements into our pedagogical practices.
Below, we present a timeline of the School's technological innovations from 1910 to the present day.
Swipe through our timeline of images of different technologies throughout MGGS's history.
Swipe through our timeline of images of different technologies throughout MGGS's history.
Swipe through our timeline of images of different technologies throughout MGGS's history.
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A Timeline of Technological Innovations:
1910 Electric light to Merton Hall.
1927 Hot showers installed in the Boarding House.
1955 Duplicating machine – used to produce student material before the advent of photocopiers.
1955 Typewriter – in the accompanying image, a student is typing up the minutes of the Student Executive Council.
1968 Public address system connecting the Chapel, Merton Hall, Ross Hall, Science and the Library wing.
1978 TV in Morris Hall – Melissa Bruce (1981) recalled a TV in her Grade 1 class in 1970: "It was exciting and unusual to have a television brought into the classroom. Drapes were placed around the TV to block out the daylight. We gathered, cross-legged on the floor, on the first anniversary of that giant step for mankind and viewed a black and white replay of the moon-landing."
1981 Acquisition of first computer – Apple 11 Plus with disk drives and printer. The 1981 School Magazine reported: "The School is very aware of the essential requirement of the modern world to be 'Computer Literate'… it is hoped to use the machine in various subjects as a lesson aid."
1980s Tracey Stratton (Lam, 1991): "I remember in about Grade 3 we got an Apple computer for the classroom and we would be on a rotation as only one student could use it at a time. We would follow a guide to learn what all the functions were and also practice our typing."
1984 The first bank of computers appeared in the School – 15 Apple IIEs on a trolley. The 1984 School Magazine commented: "After their installation, teachers and students alike tried to master the microchip marvels. Girls had their own floppy disks to store and edit their work and had to book a time to use the computers."
1992 Audio-Visual Room in the Library – hanging files containing audio recordings of books or plays on cassette tape could be borrowed by teachers and played in class on a cassette player; they were also borrowed from the AV Room.
1992 Modern Computer Centre in the old gym was opened for use by staff and senior girls. It housed 32 NEC computers with 2Mb of RAM and a file server with 300Mb of hard disk storage. The air conditioning unit visible near the ceiling, installed to keep computers at a stable temperature, was probably the only air-conditioned space in the School at that time.
1992 Coin-operated telephone for student use (with permission) – there were no mobile phones to be seen!
1997 In the accompanying image, Belinda Smith, Lidia Mazur and Lucy Lloyd, hold the video cassette which contained their project for the Year 9 History Challenge. The video cassette was inserted into a video player which sat on a shelf below the TV and projected the work onto the TV. This was all stored on a trolley so it could be moved between classes. Lidia is holding the heavy school video camera which was used to film the project.
1998 In the accompanying image is one of the earlier laptops – thick and heavy! In this case it was used for Year 8 Medieval History in the Library.
2004 Library computer.
2007 Classroom laptops.
2014 eVI, iPads and interactive whiteboards.
2018 Drone program.
2019 VR and AR project with RMIT Program Manager, Dr Li Ping Thong.
2021 Hybrid learning due to COVID.
2022 First year of participation in The FUSE Cup (eSports competition).
2023 Classroom technology.
A Timeline of Technological Innovations:
1910 Electric light to Merton Hall.
1927 Hot showers installed in the Boarding House.
1955 Duplicating machine – used to produce student material before the advent of photocopiers.
1955 Typewriter – in the accompanying image, a student is typing up the minutes of the Student Executive Council.
1968 Public address system connecting the Chapel, Merton Hall, Ross Hall, Science and the Library wing.
1978 TV in Morris Hall – Melissa Bruce (1981) recalled a TV in her Grade 1 class in 1970: "It was exciting and unusual to have a television brought into the classroom. Drapes were placed around the TV to block out the daylight. We gathered, cross-legged on the floor, on the first anniversary of that giant step for mankind and viewed a black and white replay of the moon-landing."
1981 Acquisition of first computer – Apple 11 Plus with disk drives and printer. The 1981 School Magazine reported: "The School is very aware of the essential requirement of the modern world to be 'Computer Literate'… it is hoped to use the machine in various subjects as a lesson aid."
1980s Tracey Stratton (Lam, 1991): "I remember in about Grade 3 we got an Apple computer for the classroom and we would be on a rotation as only one student could use it at a time. We would follow a guide to learn what all the functions were and also practice our typing."
1984 The first bank of computers appeared in the School – 15 Apple IIEs on a trolley. The 1984 School Magazine commented: "After their installation, teachers and students alike tried to master the microchip marvels. Girls had their own floppy disks to store and edit their work and had to book a time to use the computers."
1992 Audio-Visual Room in the Library – hanging files containing audio recordings of books or plays on cassette tape could be borrowed by teachers and played in class on a cassette player; they were also borrowed from the AV Room.
1992 Modern Computer Centre in the old gym was opened for use by staff and senior girls. It housed 32 NEC computers with 2Mb of RAM and a file server with 300Mb of hard disk storage. The air conditioning unit visible near the ceiling, installed to keep computers at a stable temperature, was probably the only air-conditioned space in the School at that time.
1992 Coin-operated telephone for student use (with permission) – there were no mobile phones to be seen!
1997 In the accompanying image, Belinda Smith, Lidia Mazur and Lucy Lloyd, hold the video cassette which contained their project for the Year 9 History Challenge. The video cassette was inserted into a video player which sat on a shelf below the TV and projected the work onto the TV. This was all stored on a trolley so it could be moved between classes. Lidia is holding the heavy school video camera which was used to film the project.
1998 In the accompanying image is one of the earlier laptops – thick and heavy! In this case it was used for Year 8 Medieval History in the Library.
2004 Library computer.
2007 Classroom laptops.
2014 eVI, iPads and interactive whiteboards.
2018 Drone program.
2019 VR and AR project with RMIT Program Manager, Dr Li Ping Thong.
2021 Hybrid learning due to COVID.
2022 First year of participation in The FUSE Cup (eSports competition).
2023 Classroom technology.