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In 30,000 B.C.E, people were beginning to draw in caves
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In 1450, The Gutenberg Printing Press was made and it revolutionized how things were taught.
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The first public school in the American colonies opens
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Pennsylvania state constitution allows for free public education for poor families but wealthy families were still expect to pay.
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The Chalkboard was introduced into classrooms. People were skeptical.
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Ohio becomes first state to have a bilingual education law. This allowed German-English teaching instructions.
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Platt Rogers Spencer develops the first widely used handwriting teaching system in schools called Spencerian penmanship.
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Joliet Junior College, in Joliet, Illinois, opens. It is the first public community college in the U.S.
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Filmstrip projector provided a whole new way of teaching
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First grader Ruby Bridges is the first African American to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.
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The Teacher of the Deaf Act is enacted.
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Congress passes the Bilingual Education Act to help incorporate native-language in classrooms.
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Apple computers are brought into the school setting
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No Child Left Behind Act is signed into law by George W. Bush
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Prezi is an online animated presentation tool that students can use to make projects.
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Twitter is now being used in classrooms to have students tweet with pen pals across the globe
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Mind Maps help students put together story concepts
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Graphing calculators are used in the classroom for graphing math equations
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Ipads in classrooms help students to have a 1:1 benefit that helps with different style of teaching
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Teachers across the U.S. are going on strike to get more benefits and pay
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Youtube is used in the classroom today for students to find information and build knowledge from other resources
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Kids are now allowed more to use their phones in the classroom for educational purposes
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Classrooms are now starting to use kahoot it (online quizzing portal for a classroom) in the classroom for quizzing purposes.
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students are walking out of class to make a stand for gun control
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In the future, there could be technology in the classrooms such as projection computers
