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3400 BCE
Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphs is known as the most ancient finding that was used for educational purposes such as teaching rules or laws. -
300 BCE
Abacus
The claims that are supported by historical evidences show that Abacus was firstly invented in Greece to teach math and calculating. -
1435
Printing Press
The invention of printing press changed education in an inevitable way that is for sure. Even today printed book are used for educational purposes thanks to printing press. -
Hornbook
Hornbook is a wooden slate which contains alphabet. It was a good way to teach someone how to write in those times. -
Chalkboard / Blackboard
Even if individual slate boards were used in India in 12th century, implementation of chalkboard to schools started in mid 18s. -
Magic Lantern
It is some sort of predecessor of today's projectors. However it was projecting images to only glass panels. -
Film Strip Projector
It is similar to the motion picture. Education films took their places in schools. Even Thomas Edison contributed to some of these educational films. -
Radio
One of the golden invetions of technology radio also was used in education. New York City Board of Education was the first one that use radio to broadcast lessons to schools in America. -
Handheld Calculator
Even if it is not used that much because of the calculator implemented mobile phones, it has a huge contribution to the education. On the other hand, teachers were not that much approving it because of it hinders the development of basic math skills. -
CD - DVD
Even if they paved the way for flash disks. They were used as media for a long time. -
Online Learning
Introduction of Web obviously implemented in education quickly. Students started to learn through uploaded videos, activities. Many universities gave online courses on their websites. -
Interactive Whiteboard
Even if they were slowly rolling out to the classrooms, they were firstly started to use in end of the 99. The symptomps that chalks cause on teachers (pharyngitis) started to decrease with the popularity of boardmarkers and interactive boards. -
Sources
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/the-evolution-of-learning-technology/ https://www.slideshare.net/bestinenarsus1/educational-technology-timeline-ppt https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/chapter/section-8-1-a-short-history-of-educational-technology/ http://institute-of-progressive-education-and-learning.org/a-history-of-education-technology/ -
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