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Timeline ot show the evolution of Instructional Media
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The first school museum ws opened in St. Louis in 1905.
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Five national professional organizations for visual instruction were established.
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during this era, technological advances in such area as radio broadcasting, sound recordings, and sound motion pictures led to the increase interest in instructional media.
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With the onset of World War II, the growth of the audiovisual instruction movement slowed; however, it was used extensively by the military services.
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One of the most important factors to affect the audiovisual movement in the 1950s was the increased interest in television for delivering instruction.
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There was an increase in the number of computers that was used in schools for educational purposes. By the early 1980s, a few years aftr the micro---computers became available to the general public.
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Since 1995, rapid advances in computer and other digital technology, as well as the Internet, hae led to a rapidly increasing interest in, and use of, these media for instructional purposes.
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Since 195 there has been a significant increase in the amount of technology available in schools in the United States.
