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The History of Educational Technologies

By haliluner
  • 40,000 BCE

    The First Signs of Technology in Education: Paintings on Cave Walls

    The First Signs of Technology in Education: Paintings on Cave Walls
    Some says they painted the walls to communicate, some says those paintings were religious. However, there is no one can be sure why did they do that. Therefore, those paintings could be used as an education tool. Thus, we can say that, those paintings were the first technology in education.
  • 3500 BCE

    Hieroglyphics

    Hieroglyphics
    Hieroglyphics are written symbols on papyrus and wood that is believed to be used as an educational technology in ancient egypt.
  • 500 BCE

    Abacus

    Abacus
    Abacus firstly written by Heredot, and abacus used to count, and we can still see abacuses in schools as a helping tool in education mostly maths.
  • 200 BCE

    First Computer

    First Computer
    Ancient Greeks constructed computers to perform astronomical calculations, and those are called antikythera and astrolabe. Those computers helped education in ancient Greece.
  • 700

    Quill Pen

    Quill Pen
    Quill pens are made from different kind of birds. They made writing more easier than it was. Therefore, it helped education as a technology.
  • Period: 1300 to

    The Renaissance

    The education and ideas were restricted in europe. However, with the Renaissance the education spread like a wild fire, and it was mostly on art and science.
  • 1450

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    Johannes Gutenbergs inventation make it easier to educate the masses. His inventation made copying documents so much easier than before.

  • Pencil

    Pencil
    Pencil is the one of the most important tools of education. This technology discovered in Czech Republic by Koh-i-Noor Hardmuth, and this tool has impact not only education, but the all aspects of the society.

  • Blackboard

    Blackboard
    Blackboard is an essantial tool for the classes. James Pillans invented the first modern blackboard.

  • First Computer

    First Computer
    The first computer was build at the University of Manchester, and we are using computers now almost everyday for education both in schools and our homes.

  • Internet

    Internet
    The internet is a part of our life, and we almost use it for everything and of course for education. There are lots of tools in internet to use in education, Like, MOOC, Youtube or wikipedia.

  • Smartboard

    Smartboard
    The first smartboard was designed to function as a big screen that display some programs. However, it developed and now we are using it to reach so many sources.

  • Robots

    Robots
    The technology has developed significantly since the begining of the time, and now technology became the education. Now we are developing robots that are learning by themselves, and maybe in the future those artificial intelligences will take over the world in a good way or a bad way.

  • References

    References
    http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/the-evolution-of-learning-technology/
    https://pixabay.com/images/search/a.i/
    https://www.techwalla.com/articles/what-is-the-history-of-the-smart-board
    http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nheev87nOHw
    https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-internet