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England passes child labor laws helping to limit some of the danger children were encountering while being forced to work at Young ages to help their families. -
Public schools begin to evolve into the conventional schooling model that we still recognize today. Changes included; discipline becoming more humane, curriculum is expanded, children's lives begin to be structured around their school day and school work rather than working (manual labor)
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Thomas Edison worked during this time to expand his motion picture industry into the world of education. He envisioned classroom instruction to be done through video making the textbook obsolete. -
Professor Sidney Pressey of Ohio State University is hailed as the first to create a teaching machine after he introduced his "machine for intelligence testing" at the American Psychological Association meeting. -
Apple is created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, revolutionizing technology in all aspects of life, especially education. In a 1995 interview Jobs is quoted, “I thought if there was just one computer in every school, some of the kids would find it. It will change their lives,” -
The Apple classroom of tomorrow research study was conducted over a span of ten years. The research team worked with various school districts and the National Science Foundation to study how every day technology use might impact teaching and learning.
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