Technology in the Schools By BHowell Period: 1800 to 1900 Move from One Room Schoolhouses to Graded Classes. 1801 Chalkboard was Invented https://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/reference-material/the-history-of-the-classroom-blackboard/ 1815 The First Metronome was Invented. https://www.metronomeonline.com/ 1886 School Buses were Created. 1900 Pencils were Invented! 1930 Overhead Projector was Introduced. 1933 Film Strip Projector was Introduced to the Classroom. 1939 Educational Television 1950 Headphones were Used in School Language Labs. 1951 Videotapes were Introduced. Jan 7, 1954 The First Machine Translator Worked. http://www.hutchinsweb.me.uk/AMTA-2004.pdf 1956 Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) was Invented. http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2006/06/article_0003.html 1959 The Photocopier was Invented. 1959 Video Tutorials were Invented. 1960 Whiteboards were Introduced to the Classroom. 1960 Liquid Paper was Invented. 1962 Compact Cassette Audio Recorder & Playback was Released. 1967 Texas Instruments Created the Handheld Calculator. Dec 3, 1971 The Oregon Trail Game was Created! 1972 Scantrons were Used for Easier Grading. 1975 The Electronic Tuner was Created. https://truefire.com/guitar-tuner 1979 First Spreadsheet was Introduced 1980 Software Products were Introduced to Drill Students on Basic Skills. 1980 Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) Began Replacing the Card Catalog in Libraries. 1984 Apple Macintosh Computer was Introduced. 1988 Laptops were Introduced. 1988 First Edition of Finale Software was Released. 1988 Ubiquitous Computing 1990 CD ROMs were Introduced. 1990 Portable CD Players Became More Affordable for Most Homes. 1990 Drill-And-Practice Software 1991 Smartboards were Introduced to Classrooms. 1992 The First Smartphone was Created. 1993 One of the First "Digital Storytelling" was Created. Sep 10, 1993 Bill Nye the Science Guy was Introduced. 1995 Virtual Schools Became a Reality. 1997 The First Blog was Posted. 2000 Mind Maps (Web) 2000 The First Flashdrive was Sold by IBM. 2000 The First Vlog was Posted. 2000 WebQuest 2001 Webs were Created 2001 Wikipedia was Created. 2002 99% of U.S. Public Schools have Internet. https://www.dialupsound.com/ 2004 Garageband was Introduced at a Convention. 2005 Online Simulation 2007 Interactive Virtual Fieldtrips were Introduced. 2008 The First App was Released. 2012 1.5 million iPads are Used in U.S. Schools 2014 Culler Middle School was the First School in Lincoln Public Schools to try Chromebooks for the School Year.
