Highlights of Digital Technology and Education By WafaaKader Jan 1, 1960 Instructional Television Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 30, 1970 University time-sharing systems housed on a mainframe computer Jan 1, 1977 First microcomputers entered schools 1977 first microcomputers entered schools Jan 1, 1994 Widespread use of the Internet began. 1994 widespread use of the Internet began. Jan 1, 2012 Cloud based applications 2012 cloud based applications replace costly on-site servers
