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The first school museum opens in St. Louis, Missouri. "These museums served as the central administrative unit(s) for visual instruction by (their) distribution of portable museum exhibits".
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The motion picture projector was one of the first media devices used in schools.
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In the United States, the first catalog of instructional films was published in 1910. Later that year, the public school system of Rochester, NY, became the first to adopt films for regular instructional use.
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He proclaimed: "Books will soon be obsolete in the schools... It is possible to teach every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture. Our school system will be completely changed in the next ten years."
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One of the most significant events of this year was the merging of three existing national professional organizations for visual instruction.
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Edgar Dale created the cone of experience. Throughout the history of the audiovisual instruction movement, many have indicated that part of the value of audiovisual materials is their ability to present concepts in a concrete manner.
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The most important factor to affect the audiovisual movement in the 1950s was the increased interest in television as a medium for delivering instruction.
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Developed by Dr. Benjamin Bloom. The purpose was to promote higher forms of thinking in education instead of just memorizing.
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By the early 1970s, the terms educational technology and instructional technology began to replace audiovisual instruction to describe the application of media for instructional purposes.
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IBM introduced its first personal computer and Time magazine named it "Machine of the Year".
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By the early 1980s, there was an increased interest in using computers for instruction (more than 40% of all elementary schools and 75% of all secondary schools).
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Apple introduces their MAC.
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Toshiba released its first mass-market consumer laptop.
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Personal Digital Assistants were released by Apple Computer Inc.
