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History of Edtech

  • Cave Drawings
    30,000 BCE

    Cave Drawings

    People drew pictures inside their caves that includes basic animal illustrations, some shapes and so on.
  • Invention of Paper
    105

    Invention of Paper

    With the invention of paper in China, information became more accessible and easier to store.
  • Manuscript transcription
    382

    Manuscript transcription

    After the invention of the paper, people started to make copies of writings so that more people could reach them
  • Priting Press
    1450

    Priting Press

    In 15th century, thanks to Gutenberg's printing press, accessing the information became even easier.
  • Public Education

    Public Education

    We couldn't talk about public education until the 17th. However, after 17th public education became a thing but not of course everyone can still reach it. Only rich people had the access of it.
  • Audiovisual Age (BBC Broadcasting)

    Audiovisual Age (BBC Broadcasting)

    In the first years of 20th century radios started to be used in classrooms for educational purposes. For example, BBC began broadcasting educational radio programs for schools in 1920s
  • Film strip projector

    Film strip projector

    Projectors was used in classrooms for educational films, videos. Also teacher started making presentations with it.
  • Overhead projector

    Overhead projector

    Overhead projectors began to be widely used in schools and businesses in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
  • Computer Age

    Computer Age

    With the computer, a new age began. Teachers acquired many different ways to evaluate their students. Now, teachers were able to give immediate feedbacks to their teachers with the help of the computers' softwares.
  • Internet

    Internet

    Everything became much easier after the internet was used for educational purposes. There are so many websites and tools for both teachers and students.