The Evolution of Classroom Technology By kaitlynwarman Jan 1, 1900 The one room school house http://historyeducationinfo.com/edu6.htm Jan 1, 1923 Classrooms began to incorporate the use of radios into their penmanship, accounting, history, lessons Jan 1, 1930 Overhead Projectors initially used for US military training, quickly spread to schools Jan 1, 1933 52% of schools are using silent films and 3% are using film with sound The Wild Goose Chase Jan 1, 1939 The first TV appears in a classroom in LA. This began the age of teachers instructing their students with the aid of visuals on a screen. Jan 1, 1950 Headphones became popular in school language labs. Jan 1, 1951 Videotapes were introduced and used in the classroom for the first time. Jan 1, 1959 Photocopier invented. Making Copies Jan 1, 1960 Whiteboard invented to replace the chalkboard. Jan 1, 1964 BASIC is developed at Dartmouth College with the intent of givig students a simple programming language that they could understand. Link to Dartmouth BASIC history Jan 1, 1967 Texas Instruments develops the handheld calculator Texas Instruments First Calculator Jan 1, 1972 Scantrons are used to automatically grades multiple tests at one time. Scantron History Jan 1, 1974 The Minesota Education Computing Consortium is founded. The organization popularizes educational games such as Oregon Trails 1974 Jan 1, 1984 The first Apple Macintosh is introduced. The ratio of computers to students is 1-92. History Of the Macintosh Jan 1, 1988 Laptops are introduced and eventually used for educational tools. laptop history Jan 1, 1990 CD-ROMS become an important form of storage. CDROM Jan 1, 1991 SMART boards are introduced in schools history of the smartboard Jan 1, 2002 Internet access arrived in schools. History of internet Jan 1, 2012 iPads introduced in schools. history of the iPad Jan 1, 2016 Nearly every student has access to mobile devices Cell Phone in the Classroom
