Digital Technology and Education By fentrekin Period: Aug 23, 1960 to Aug 23, 1970 University Time-Sharing Systems Housed on a mainframe and used by students and instructors to share computer programs. Sep 1, 1960 Instructional Television Sep 1, 1977 First Microcomputers in Schools Sep 1, 1994 Widespread use of Internet begins. Widespread use of Internet begins. Sep 1, 2012 Cloud based applications replace costly on-site servers