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2700 BCE
Abacus
The Abacus is also called a counting frame, an abacus consists of a wooden frame, rods, and beads. Each of the rods represents a different place value. Addition and subtraction can easily be performed by moving beads along the wires of the abacus. -
Oct 3, 1500
Text Book
Textbooks are as common as formal schooling and almost as old. -
Chalkboard
A teaching staple since the 19th century, it allowed teachers to share information with the whole classroom although they had to erase it for more space. -
Educational Radio
radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until the 1950s, when television superseded radio as the medium of choice for scripted programming and radio shifted to news, sports and playing popular music and education. -
Educational Film
A small subset, about 3%, of this new genre were known as “social guidance” films. Social guidance films had their heyday from about 1945-1960 -
Educational Television
Educational television or Learning show is the use of television programs in the field of distance education. It may be in the form of individual television programs -
The Computer
The computer was created in the 1960's/70s, it was like a computer tutor and like a savior for schools and and universities.