History of Media and Learning

By neileritchey
  • Period: 100 to 100

    Antikythero mechanism

    Worlds first computer developed by the Greeks from 150-100 BC
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

    Art and learning exploded and flourished
  • Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1546

    Protestant Reformation

    Martin Luther and the Reformation

  • Universities established

    Harvard and other Universities are established

  • Blackboard

    Creation of the schoolhouse blackboard

  • Noah Webster Publishes First Dictionary

    Wikipedia EntryA Compendious Dictionary of the English Language.

  • Library

    Boston Public Library open to the public

  • Pencil and Paper

    Creation of the pencil and paper

  • Radio Education

    First radio educational program is broadcast

  • Educational Television

    First educational television show is broadcast

  • Internet

    The Internet is born
  • Period: to

    Personal Computer

    Creation of the personal computer

  • Number Munchers

    Number Munchers video game was first published.

  • Web Browsing

    Creation of the first web browser

  • Google

    Google is born

  • Twitter is Created

    Twiitter Wikipedia Article

  • iPhone

    Introduction of the first iPhone

  • iTunes U Launched

    iTunes Store launches iTunes U dedicated to educational audio and video.