HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

  • 70,000 BCE

    ORAL COMMUNICATION

    ORAL COMMUNICATION
    Since the time of human creation, verbal communication has been used.Examples; stories, folklore, histories and Homer’s Iliad and the Odyssey.
  • 30,000 BCE

    CAVE DRAWING

    CAVE DRAWING
    Prehistoric people used to draw on cave ceilings or walls to express themselves.
  • 7000 BCE

    SUMERIAN ABACUS

    SUMERIAN ABACUS
    The Abacus appeared from 2700 BC to 2300 BC. The abacus used to computing numerals.
  • 5000 BCE

    BLACKBOARD HISTORY

    BLACKBOARD HISTORY
    Blackboard classroom history begins in ancient times. At that time, students used clay tablets in lessons. Black boards were in use in India in the 12th century AD.
  • 3000 BCE

    PAPYRUS

    PAPYRUS
    Papyrus is a writing material made from the papyrus plant that grows in the marshy areas around the Nile river. Papyrus was used as a writing material as early as 3,000 BCE in ancient Egypt. Papyrus was the most popular writing material for the ancient Greeks and Romans.
  • 1000 BCE

    PARCHMENT

    PARCHMENT
    Ancient people used the parchment to write. Parchment is made from animal skins. Usually people used the skins of sheep or cows because those animals were pretty common in West Asia and Europe.
  • 500

    THE CODEX

    THE CODEX
    The codex was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. Ex; The Exeter Book aka the codex Exoniensis. In 2016, UNESCO recognized the book as "the foundation volume of English literature, one of the world's principal cultural artefacts"
  • THE HORN BOOK

    THE HORN BOOK
    A sheet containing the letters of the alphabet was mounted on a wooden frame and protected with thin, transparent plates of horn.
  • The school slate and chalkboard history

    The school slate and chalkboard history
    James Pillans credited with inventing the first modern blackboard when he hung a large piece of slate on the classroom wall.
  • THE MAGIC LANTERN

    THE MAGIC LANTERN
    Magic Lantern is an early type of image projector that used pictures—paintings, prints, or photographs—on transparent plates (usually made of glass), one or more lenses, and a light source.
  • MIMEOGRAPH

    MIMEOGRAPH
    A mimeograph machine is a low-cost copy machine that works by forcing ink from a template to paper. Thomas Edison invented the Mimeograph.
  • AUDIO VISUAL AGE-INVENTION OF RADIO

    AUDIO VISUAL AGE-INVENTION OF RADIO
    The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began broadcasting educational radio programs for schools in the
    1920s.
  • THE FILMSTRIP PROJECTOR

    THE FILMSTRIP PROJECTOR
    Filmstrips were used to show educational films in classrooms, serving as a predecessor of videocassettes, DVDs and Blu-ray technology.Thomas Edison predicted motion pictures would replace books in public schools. Example : Slides
  • THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR

    THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
    An overhead projector like a film or slide projector, uses light to project an enlarged image on a screen, allowing the view of a small document or picture to be shared with a large audience.
  • TELEVISION

    TELEVISION
    Television has been used in schools for educational purposes. Having educational channels made it easier to learn and understand. For example : BBC AND ITV and Satellite broadcasting in 1980s
  • The Handheld Colculater

    The Handheld Colculater
    Arguably one of the most controversial pieces of education technology to enter the classroom has been the calculator.The advanced version of the abakus is calculators. The first commercial graphing calculator was introduced by the Japanese firm of Casio Computer Company.Its fx-7000G.
  • COMPUTER IN CLASS

    COMPUTER IN CLASS
    Computer-aided instruction gained widespread acceptance in schools. Schools often have dedicated computer labs which different classes share for studying and research.
  • SMART BOARD INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD

     SMART BOARD INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD
    The first use of the smart board was in class in 1991. The use of smart board in classrooms made training very easy.
  • Computer networking

    Computer networking
    The World Wide Web is basically an application running on the Internet that enables ‘end-users’ to create and link documents, videos or other digital media, without the need for the end-user to transcribe everything into some form of computer code.
    For example : Mosaic. Google created in 1999.
  • Computer Development

    Computer Development
    With the development of technology, the tools that are in education have also improved. This included the use of SMART response PE, SMART response XE, Document camera and laptops.
  • THE 3D PROJECTOR

    THE 3D PROJECTOR
    Implementing 3D technology in schools became more affordable in 2010, when manufacturers included DLP chips in their projectors.
    Aktive/Passive 3D glasses also invented
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