History of Educational Technology: National, State, and Local Events

By spackeyc

  • First catalog of intstructional films published (National)

  • Division of Visual Aids for War Training established by the US federal government (National)

  • PLATO project initiated at the University of Illinois (National)

  • Ohio Educational Telecommunications Network Commission created (Ohio)

  • CAI research and development begins at Stanford University (National)

  • First regular programming of Sesame Street (National)

  • Apple II: first successful mass-produced personal computer (National)

  • Star Schools Proram Assistance Act passes (National)

  • Mosaic browser released, allowing the general public to use the Internet (National)

  • Ohio SchoolNet Commission begins within the Department of Education (Ohio)

  • Telecommunications Act of 1996, Snowe-Rockefeller amendment passes (E-rate) (National)

  • Ohio SchoolNet becomes an independent agency (Ohio)

  • Ohio K-12 Network created "to provide funding to assist Ohio school districts in connecting statewide, K-12 educational technology network." (Ohio)

  • Internet access in all classrooms (Hudson)

  • HCSD purchases laptop cart with modems (Hudson)

  • Ohio Academic Content Standards in Technology released (Ohio)

  • Classrooms at East Woods Elementary recieve document cameras (Hudson)

  • Thefacebook.com launched (National)

  • eTech Ohio created, a state agency merging Ohio Educational Telecommunications Network Commission and the Ohio SchoolNet Commission. (Ohio)

  • Wireless Internet begins in all Hudson schools (Hudson)

  • PIF Levy- earmarks money for technology (Hudson)

  • Technology Readiness Tool announced by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and the Partnership for Assessment Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) (Ohio)

  • Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) begins in the Hudson Schools (Hudson)

  • East Woods gets wireless internet and gives teachers access (Hudson)

  • East Woods Computer Lab #2 is established with 24 student computers (Hudson)

  • SunGard Administrative System used in the HCSD (Hudson)

  • Ohio participates in Online Assessment Pilot (Ohio)

  • ChromeBooks purchased 1:2 student ratio (Hudson)

  • Technology Readiness Tool goes offline (Ohio)

  • PARCC Common Core testing discontinued in the state of Ohio (Ohio)

  • American Institutes for Research (AIR) replaces PARCC test (Ohio)