Educational Technology Timeline (1960 - 2020)

  • Hand Held Calculator

    Hand Held Calculator
    Code named ANITA (A New Inspiration to Accounting). This device made calculating easier and quicker.
  • E-mail

    E-mail
    A means of communication via the internet. Email addresses include: yahoo. hotmail and gmail. Assignments are given and received. Parents, teachers and students communicated via emails.
  • Scantron

    Scantron
    Scantron Corporation invented the machine to grade multiple choice exams. This method made grading easier and quicker. The educator only needed to provide the answer sheet.
  • CD-ROM Drive

    CD-ROM Drive
  • Hand Held Graphing Calculator

    Hand Held Graphing Calculator
    Calculator became more advanced to produce graphs.
  • Online College

    Online College
    The University of Phoenix was the first to launch online education. This made obtaining of foreign degrees possible.
  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web
    Dial up connection was released in 1991 and made available to the public in 1993. The internet was now available from the telephone line connection
  • Google

    Google
    A search engine where information is readily available. A library of information is available to both the teacher and student.
  • Interactive Whiteboards

    Interactive Whiteboards
    Also called an electronic whiteboard. Movies, presentations, graphics and text can now be used on a whiteboard.
  • Flash Drives

    Flash Drives
    A portable method of storing and retrieving data.
  • Moodle

    Moodle
    A learning platform that helps educators create effective online learning.
  • Mobile Devices

    Mobile Devices
    Smart phones entered the market enabling multiple functionalities including: talk, text, social media and research
  • I-pad

    I-pad
    Portable and has the functionality of a laptop / tablet.
  • Online education

    Due to the covid pandemic schools across the globe embraced online education