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4 Speed Record Player
The 4 speed record player allowed the playback of the four differing record types that were commercially available. These players werre utilized in various music classes as well as providing audio feed back for otherwise silent film strips. Music teachers now had the ability to audibly demonstrate specific music pieces. Students benefitted by hearing what specific pieces should sound. -
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16 MM film Projector
The 16 mm projector provided a medium to show educational films. The projector was also used to convey training for responses to perceived national threats. Duck and Cover was a mainstay of elementary schools throughout the 1950's.
Teachers no longer had to rely on text and lecture to convey ideas. The projector could simply show a movie reagarding the subject matter and students would then have a visual cue to correspond with ideas and concepts. -
Desktop Electronic Calculator
The Anita Mk VII Desktop Calculator is the predecessor to the Handheld Calculator. This was the first commercially available Electronic Calculator. -
Handheld Calculator
Introduced in 1971 hte first handheld calculators were marketed to businesses and students. The handheld calculator is a common fixture in todays calssrooms. Students have a tool that can be used to check their own work, as well as provide quick results for longer calculations. -
Video Cassette Recorder
Introduced in 1975, the VCR provided an inexpensive format to view films and video recordings regarding an entire spectrum of educational topics. The 16 MM projector was now obsolete.
The ease of use provides teachers more time teaching and less time threading film through projectors. Students have personal access to a wide variety of educational visual aids. -
Apple 2e
Introduced in the Spring of 1980, the Apple 2e would become a mainstay of computer education programs until Macintosh overtook the market a few years later. -
Laptop Computer
The first commercially available Laptop Computer was introduced in 1981. The Osborne 1 weighed 24 lbs. The evolution of the Laptop is a far cry from this predecessor. The Laptop Computer is as common a fixture as a backpack for every student of all ages across the United States. -
Macintosh Computer
The Macintosh Computer (MAC) replaced the Apple 2e as the computer of choice in High School Computer Labs across teh United States. -
Television
The medium of television has been in existence since the 1930's. However widespread use of the Television in the Classroom did not take root until the mid 1980's. Teachers now have to ability to provide realt time news in the classroom. In conjuntion with the VCR, teachers can record educational programs that are not braodcast during school hours. Students benfit by viewing educational programs that were previously unavailable. -
World Wide Web (Internet)
Introduce in 1991, the Internet has been an invaluable tool in providing real time information and communication around the globe. Students are able to view and visit the world outside the classroom without leaving thier desks. Teachers can access any subject from any location other than the classroom. Likewise, students have the same access to the same information wherever an internet connection is provided. Teaching and learning is no longer confined to the classroom. -
White Board
The white board became a staple of the Classroom in the Early 1990's. There is no definitive date as to when Chalkboards were replaced. The concern that chalk dust is an allergen is on the rise. The white board eliminates the chalk dust problem and doubles as a screen for projectors. Teachers now have the option of writing in a variety of colors. Ease of use and maintenance provides more time teaching and learning. -
Social Networking
Providing students a vital link to interface in real time with other cultures and places. Facebook is a tool that can be used to broaden the ability of the student to see and hear first hand subject matter from across the globe.
