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19th century: Child labor laws
England passes child labor laws helping to limit some of the danger children were encountering while being forced to work at Young ages to help their families. -
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19th- 20th Centuries: Public Schools Evolve
Public schools begin to evolve into the conventional schooling model that we still recognize today. Changes included; discipline becoming more humane, curriculum is expanded, children's lives begin to be structured around their school day and school work rather than working (manual labor) -
Edison theorizes the end of textbooks
Thomas Edison worked during this time to expand his motion picture industry into the world of education. He envisioned classroom instruction to be done through video making the textbook obsolete. -
Teaching Machine
Professor Sidney Pressey of Ohio State University is hailed as the first to create a teaching machine after he introduced his "machine for intelligence testing" at the American Psychological Association meeting. -
Creation of Apple
Apple is created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, revolutionizing technology in all aspects of life, especially education. In a 1995 interview Jobs is quoted, “I thought if there was just one computer in every school, some of the kids would find it. It will change their lives,” -
Apple Classroom Research Study
The Apple classroom of tomorrow research study was conducted over a span of ten years. The research team worked with various school districts and the National Science Foundation to study how every day technology use might impact teaching and learning.