Our library director found a typewriter at an estate sale and put it in our HS library. Students LOVE it! The familiar clickety-clack sound brings back all the nostalgia for the staff and simple curiosity from students.
“How does it work?” they ask looking it over.
I add paper.
“Now what?”
I demonstrate how typing raises each individual key to stamp on the paper.
“Whoa, cool!” (Commences furious typing) Then at the end of the line, they jump as the device BINGs. Confusion sets in again. I demonstrate returning the carriage to the left justified position. “Whooooaa!”
I say, “It’s a 1940s Chromebook” and then walk away.