Instructional Technology

  • School Museum

    The first school museum in the United States opens in Saint Louis, Missouri.
  • Instructional Films

    The Rochester, NY school system is the first to use films for instructional focus.
  • WWII

    The US provides over 4,000,000 showings of training films or filmstrips as part of its efforts to prepare citizens for military service.
  • PLATO

    The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana creates PLATO, the first computer system intended for widespread use as a teaching and learning platform.
  • YouTube

    The domain for YouTube, now a popular source for training and how-to videos, goes live on February 14. Less than 10 years later, the site would have over 1 billion registered users..