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1900s / 20th Century
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Film Projector
Film began to be used in the classroom in 1925 (note: Jan. 1 not exact date). The first instructional films were actually created in 1910. -
Radio
"New york City's Board of Education was actually the first organization to send lessons to schools through a radio station. Over the next couple of decades, 'schools of the air' began broadcasting programs to millions of American students" (Edudemic). The 1920s marked expansion of radio broadcasting abilityes - this allowed lessons to be broadcasted to students and enabled information to reach a larger audience than ever before. -
Overhead Projector
Initially used by the U.S. military. "Allowed teachers to write their lessons on transparencies prior to class" (Panasonicforbusiness.com). -
Mimeograph
Handcranked copy making machine began to be used, allowing written materials to be obtained and used by all learners. -
Headphones
Students could "learn lessons through repeated drills" (Edudemic). Repetition schools began to install listening stations using headphones and audio tapes. The idea was to engage in a repetitive style of learning in order to commit information to learners' memory. -
Videotapes
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Skinner's Teaching Machine
Skinner's Learning BoxSkinner's Learning Box</a>Device creating vastly improved conditions for effective study. Students see short amounts of text in a window, with a part missing. The student is to write in the response/symbol/number/word that completes the material. The student can operate the machine to learn if he/she answered correctly. Advantage: immediate knowledge, efficient learning, high level of interest and enthusiasm, student can move at own pace -
Television
By the early 60s there were more than 50 channels of TV that included educational programming that aired across the country. -
Hand-Held Calculator
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Scantron
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Computers (1970s and 1980s)
IBM released first PC. Computers began to be more affordable and therefore more accessible to educational use. By 1984 the U.S. averaged 1 computer for every 92 students. -
Internet
World Wide Web was released. It was "a way for computers to get to the outside...a great way to look at what others have publiched or to connect" (Technology-News-Timeline). The sharing of information and connections to and among people became apparent like never before. Marks a major shift in the use of PCs at home, as it was now a tool for obtaining information. -
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21st Century
One of the biggest trends in education is the abillity to be mobile. Time Magazine on April 1 2013 stated the percentage of U.S. phones that are smartphones had reached 57%. According to Apple's released reports, more than 40 billion apps were downloaded for the iPhone, iPad, and the iPod Touch in 2012. Learning was expended beyond the classroom to working and learning from home, on the go, and in the field. Distance learning
Tablets
Smartphones
Smartboards
Web 2.0 tools
YouTube
Databases
