Education Technology

By dottingeorge

  • 1960s

    1960s
    • 1964 – BASIC developed at Dartmouth College with the intent to give students a simple programming language that was easy-to-learn
    • 1967 – Texas Instruments handheld calculator
    • 1967 – LOGO programming language developed
  • Period: to

    Education Technology

  • 1970s

    1970s
    • 1972 – Scantron – automatically graded multiple choice examples

  • 1980s

    1980s
    • 1984 – The Apple Macintosh computer is developed.
    • 1985 – Touch typing software Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is developed and popularised in schools
    • 1988 – laptops are developed and are eventually utilised as teaching tools

  • 1990s

    1990s
    • 1990 – CD-ROM disks became the new kind of storage
    • 1992 – Schools are using Gopher servers to provide students with online information
    • 1994 – According to the National Centre for Education Statistics (NCES), about 35% of American public schools had Internet access.
    • 1995 – Most CAI is delivered on CD-ROM disks and is growing in popularity
    • 1996 – Faculty create instructional web pages
    • 1999 – SMART boards introduced in schools

  • 2000-2010

    2000-2010
    • 2001 – 80% of schools with internet access offered professional development training for teachers for integrating technology into classrooms.
    • 2002 – 99% of schools had Internet access
    • 2009 – 1 computer for every 5.3 students in US schools & USB flash drive

  • 2010-2020

    2010-2020
    • 2010 – 1 wireless device for every 3.4 students in US schools
    • 2011 – 80% of children under 5 use internet daily in the US
    • 2012 – 1.5 million iPads provided by schools
    • 2013 – 90% of students under the age of 18 have access to mobile technology