Historical Advances in Educational Technologies

  • 601 BCE

    Chiselled Stone

    According to the Bible, Moses used chiseled stone to convey the ten commandments in a form of writing
  • 400 BCE

    Cave Drawings

  • 105

    Paper

    First discovered and created in China
  • 1440

    Printing Press

    Johannes Gutenberg made a massive contribution to the technology development, enabling the mass production of books and the rapid dissemination of knowledge throughout Europe
  • Horn Books

    English monks began to make hornbooks to help their pupils learn to read. It was a wooden paddle with an alphabet and a verse glued to the surface.
  • Postal System

    The creation of a cheap and reliable postal system in the 1840s, led to the development of the first formal correspondence education
  • The Magic Lantern

    The Magic Lantern projected images printed on glass plates onto walls.
  • Typewriter

  • Chalkboard

  • Film Projector

  • Mimeograph

    One of the first copy machines, the mimeograph allowed teachers and school staff to print copies of class materials.
  • Videotape

  • Photocopier

  • World Wide Web

  • Social Media

  • Interactive Whiteboard

  • First laptop with WIFI

  • Moodle

  • Tablets

  • Google Classroom