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The wonder technological tool that was introduced was "The Chalkboard" pg 186
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Filmstrip projector
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overhead projector
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motion picture and educational television was brought into schools. The first educational film was captioned in 1962,
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The Hand-Held Calculator
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MICROCOMPUTERS became affordable and were introduced to drill students. pg 187
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A Nation at risk called for graduates to be able to both use and understand computers. pg 190
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Whiteboards started becoming commonly used by businesses in the early 1990s. They became more common in classrooms during the 1990s due to concerns over health problems in children with dust allergies and the potential for chalk dust to damage computers.
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Zack Morris introduced the 8lb cell phone! :) The 1st student to carry a cell phone to school.
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No child left behind act continued to reinforce that students must be technologically literate by the time they start high school.
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XO Laptop
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Teens using social networking sights increases from 55%-81% pg 189
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CHROMEBOOKS were being introduced into classrooms
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Currently our school districts can conduct everything from lesson plans, instructions, reading books, writing reports, talking with teachers, research, social media and even doing homework can all be done on students chromebooks and or smartphones. Kids and adults can go to school 100% online. Kids today spend most of their time in front of a screen. Today schools revolve around technology!
