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551 BCE
Confucius
Was the first teacher in China. -
206 BCE
Six Classics
During the Han period Confucius created the Six Classics which became the principal texts in China. -
University of Santo Tomas
The oldest college in Asia in the Philippines -
Boston Latin Shcool
Was the first school established in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. Til this day the school is still around. -
Harvard University
Is the oldest college in the United States -
The New England Primer
This was the first textbook created in America used in schools -
Music class
Boston had the first singing/ music class where students can read music and sing. -
Horace Mann
He found the first school in Massachusetts and became the secretary of education in Massachusetts. -
Noah Webster
He was the first American language teacher. He thought that Americans should have their own textbooks rather than English books. He created a speller that taught students ho to read, spell and pronounce words. -
James Pillans
A geography teacher at the Old High School in Edinburgh, Scotland, credited first modern blackboard/chalkboard. -
Charles Darwin
A English Naturalist said, " It is not the strongest of the species that survivve, nor the most intelligent, it is the one what is most adaptable to change." (pg 209) I think he reefers to technology and how it came into the school system and our lives. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme court case "Plessy v. Ferguson" was a landmark case which established the legal precedent for “separate but equal” facilities for people of different ethnicity. -
Hanoi Medical University
Is the oldest college in Vietnam located in Hanoi. It was founded by the French. -
Beverly High Shcool
Began student counsel and school committees. -
First Americanization School
Irving J. Gill(1 built the first Americanization school in Oceanside, California, where students would learn to speak English and learn the american customs -
Projectors
Schools started to us projectors in schools to help students see a little more clear of what the teachers were writing. -
The Altair
A firm call MITS created Altair which was the first personal computer created using Intel Corporation's 8080 microprocessor -
Bill Gates
Created Microsoft -
International Society for Technology in Education(ISTE)
Standards to include technology in teachings and learning.(pg 208) -
Laptops
Going from the big box computers to Personal laptops was a big change. You can bring your laptop anywhere you wanted, to work or school or even cafes. -
National At risk Report
The nation reported for all high school graduates to understand and be able to use computers. (pg 190) -
Computers Helping Instruction and Learning Development (CHILD)
Florida State University created classrooms where technology is normal in schools and how students and teachers use technology throughout school. (pg 209) -
Computer Labs
Computer labs today have changed since the 1990s where they had the big box screens and had to have a server right by the screen to work. Technology has upgraded computer labs in schools to let the students have access to internet/computers in school as a group to do their work. (pg 211-212) -
National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
Was created for others to be able to use technology in their everyday life and schools. (pg 215) -
Enrolled students in Vietnam
Vietnam had 15,172 primary schools and 611 combined primary and lower secondary schools. There were 7.02 million students enrolled -
National Education Technology Plan (NETP)
It was calling for a "revolutionary transformation [of education] rather than evolutionary tinkering." To integrate technology into schools was not a small task. (pg 190) -
ChronoZoom
A free online tool where it shows the history of the world. (pg 214) -
Ipods/smartphones
Handheld computing devices has increased it 340 percent between 2011 and 2012. We use them in different ways at work, school, for games. There are many apps being developed for all ages and it is still growing expanding how teachers and students can use them in school. (pg 213) -
Census Bureau
Reported there are still disparities across racial lines when it comes to access to use technology. 82 percent Asian household, 76 percent White household, 58 percent Hispanic household, and 57 percent Black household use internet at home. (pg 217) -
Adults and internet use
It was reported that 85 percent of adults using internet. The ones that don't use internet said they weren't useing it becaue it is not relevant to them or it is too difficult to use. 7 percent of adults not using internet have a physical disability or lack of internet is the reason they are not online. (pg 217) -
LEARN NC
Learn North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a partnership with many schools where they working using internet to having more opportunists and resources for students, teacher, and their communities. (pg 215) -
Technology Infusion project (TIP)
University of Virginia's Curry School of Education share their love for technology and interest other teachers in the classroom of learning more about using technology in schools. (pg 216) -
Patricia Gonzalez
She encouraged her students in her class to build their own knowledge based on their experiences rather than just for her (the teacher) to tell them. (pg 198) -
URBAN TxT
Created in LA by Oscar Menjivar to help young adults create websites and which roles they want. They can go from a developer to a designer. (pg 217)