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Cave drawings were a main media to preserve knowledge of the world surrounding the cave men.
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a school was opened based on the teachings by the famous Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras.
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Socrates teaching is a form of inquiry and discussion between teacher and students, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking.
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The first paper was produced in China. However, in its very beginning, the paper was used for safety - it was used to wrap and protect delicate bronze mirrors and padding of poisonous medicine. By the 3rd century, paper had been also used for writing.
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A printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink.
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A hornbook is a book that serves as primer for study
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Magic lantern was a device which projected printed images of glass frames onto the walls in darkened classrooms.
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Sir Isaac Pitman sent shorthand postcards to his students and received student feedback as a response. A shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed of writing.
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James Pillans, a geography teacher in Edinburgh, Scotland, hung a large piece of slate on the classroom wall.
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Radio emerged, allowing students to learn from radio programs.
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A movie projector is an opto-mechanical device for displaying motion picture film by projecting it onto a screen.
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An electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other source on a removable, magnetic tape videocassette, and can play back the recording.
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It allowed pupils to type in the operands and perform mathematical operations in a single click. It was at the time quote a debate whether the calculators should be allowed in schools.
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Their use was limited to word processing. Also, there was no World Wide Web at the time.
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The interactive age
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These and other exciting technologies are slowly finding their place in classrooms.
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The electronic books, or e-Books, offer students, teachers and schools an additional medium or tool of instructions that can support or enhance the learning process. Using e-Books as text books in the classroom at schools is a new paradigm especially in developing countries.
