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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..