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In the 1600s, public education emerged with horn-books as the media that transmitted knowledge in a written form to the students. The hornbook was not really a book at all but simply a sheet of paper mounted on a board and covered with transparent horn.
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In the 1800s magic lantern was introduced to schools. Magic lantern was a device which projected printed images of glass frames onto the walls in darkened classrooms.
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Modern blackboard dates back to the 1801, which was at the time considered quite a revolution. James Pillans, headmaster and geography teacher at the Old High School in Edinburgh, Scotland, is credited with inventing the first modern blackboard when he hung a large piece of slate on the classroom wall.
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In 1900 pencils and papers replaced school slates and chalks
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In the 1910s radio emerged, In 1923 Radios were introduced to classrooms; major cities established classroom instruction on radios - penmanship, accounting, history and arithmetic were included.
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In the 1940s, the first ballpoint pen was introduced in schools. It is also at this time that mimeographs helped teachers to retype their materials and spread homework assignments to the entire class
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First headphones and TVs arrived to schools in the 1950s, Schools began instructional television (ITV) in the 1950s, utilizing an electronic technology developed by Philo Farnsworth during the 1920s. When first introduced, some people thought televisions might eventually replace classroom teachers.
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Overhead projectors began to be widely used in schools and businesses in the late 1950s and early 1960s Roger Appeldorn, an employee of the 3M Company, invented the overhead projector in the early 1960s. Marketed specifically to businesspeople and teachers, the overhead projector allowed users to write on a clear piece of film and project their work on a screen, such as math problems.
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Introduced by Michael Sokolski n 1972, allowed educators to grade tests more quickly and efficiently.
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Only in 1972 had the first handheld calculator arrived to schools, allowing pupils to type in the operands and perform mathematical operations in a single click.In 1986, Connecticut became the first state to require the calculator on a state-mandated test, as the Connecticut School Board argued that calculators would allow students to solve more complex problems. Other states followed, some ponying up to pay for students’ calculators.
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First IBM PCs arrived in 1981 to the classrooms,IBM is the first mainframe manufacturer to develop a PC. The first educational drill and practice programs are developed for personal computers.Computer-aided instruction gained widespread acceptance in schools by the early 1980s. Schools became divided over which computer manufacturers they were willing to support. By 1989 computer usage was present in nearly every school district
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On 6 August 1991,the World Wide Web became publicly available.
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SMART introduced the first SMART Board interactive whiteboard in 1991. By late 1990s the SMART boards were common in schools. There are upgrades and updates made to the boards on a regular basis now, constantly evolving with technology.
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In 2011, the first school launched their first iPad-based programme on a trial basis, and the following year all teachers and students received their own devices. iPads have became very popular in the education system
