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Dec 25, 1000
Jesus - taught by example
Religious teacher who preached and taught by example. -
Jan 1, 1001
First Neanderthal cave paintings discovered in Spain
Cave paintings were the earliest of symbolism depictions. -
Jan 1, 1002
The Sophists
Early Greek educators using pre-scientific methods to explain the world around them. -
Jan 1, 1142
Peter Abelard 1079 - 1142
The greatest logician of the Middle Ages and a great philosopher. First to use 'Reason' with faith. -
Orbis Pictus by Comenius 1658
A childrens book for learning composed mainly of pictures -
John Amos Comenius 1592 - 1670
An educational reformer and religious leader known for his innovations in methods of teaching, -
Blackboard was put into use
The blackboard was invented and put into use for student learning in a wide fashion and in a school environment. -
Joseph Lancaster 1778 - 1838
British educator who developed an approach for the older children to teach the younger children. -
Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 1923
A leading organizatioon that helped establish Instructional Technology -
Blackboard for Education was cre4ated
The Learning Management System Blackboard ws created and became a leading force in online education. -
Kahn Academy
Salman Kahn started tutoring his young nephew in 2004 by creating digital artifacts for instruction his nephew could watch over and over. By 2006 his private tutoring project had grown and Kahn Academy was started. Soon after the firestorm of accolades began and Kahn Academy was grant-funded by soome of the biggest names in education-funding circles. Kahn Academy soon became one of the most translated and world-wide learning objects repositories available for free to anyone willing to learn. -
One Laptop Per Child
Mission to give rugged and internet connected to children all over the world. -
Monitorial_School_1839
Through drilling and memorization with the aid of teaching helpers one teacher could instruct hundreds of students -
Invention of the Pencil
The pencil helped revolutionize teaching by making it affordable and available the common people. The pencil was discovered/invented in 1564 when a graphite mine was discovered in Borrowdale, Cumbria, England and the graphite became an easy way to write. The graphite was cut into rods that were then inserted into hand-carved wooden holders, forming pencils. (Col, 1998) By 1795 pencils were successfully produced by N.J. Conte using a pulverized graphite base to create a substandard, crude pencil
