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30 BCE
First Age
When humanity started to live in communities, they started to use oral components such as poems and songs or cave drawings the pass the knowledge to the younger generations. -
1450
Printing Press
The sharp increase in literacy broke the monopoly of the literate elite on education and learning and bolstered the emerging middle class.("Printed Press, 2019) This lead to an easier acces for information. -
Early Technology Integration
With the development of new technologies, classrooms started to benefit those inventions in this time. Early technological items such as photograps and recordings were implemented in the lesson to supportlistening and drilling activities.(Al-Kadi, A. 2018) In the 70s, Audiolingual method was highly popular. (Al-Kadi, A., 2018) This led educators to benefit from audiol technologies to do repeat paterns. (Al-Kadi, A., 2018) -
Computer Age
After the invention of computer in 1975, it it became popular in the schools in early 1980.(Garcia,2015) There were computer labs to enchance learning. -
Digital Age
And in the 90s, CD ROM'sand Power Point presentations was started to be used in language classrooms. (Arendain, 2015) Poerpoint presentations and computer classrooms are still used in our education system. -
Interactive Age
English language classroom were directed to be communicative, interactive, and learnercentred. (Al-Kad A., 2018) With blogs, podcasts and interactive boards, students started to express themselves and were more integrated with the learning. -
References
REFERENCES
Al-Kadi, A. (2018). A review of technology integration in ELT: From CALL to MALL.
Language Teaching and Educational Research (LATER), 1(1), 1-12.
Arendain, F.A.. [Fernando Arendain]. (2015,11,06). history of educational history [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT-df_zdnfI Printing press . (2021,10,19). https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Printing_press&action=history