History of EdTech

Primitive education

100,000 BCE

The term education can be applied to primitive cultures only in the sense of enculturation, which is the process of cultural transmission. The model of life is relatively static and absolute, and it is transmitted from one generation to another with little deviation. As for prehistoric education, it can only be inferred from educational practices in surviving primitive cultures. One of the communication tools were the cave paintings.

Oral communication

35,000 BCE

One of the earliest means of formal teaching was though human speech. In ancient times, stories, folklore, histories and news were transmitted and maintained through oral communication. For the ancient Greeks, oratory and speech were the means by which people learned and passed on learning. To be learned, they had to be memorized by listening, not by reading, and transmitted by recitation, not by writing.

Start of a new era for human being (Written communication)

3000 BCE

Egyptian hieroglyphs, stone and clay tablets and papyrus were great invention for transmitting the information. Therefore, they were used in education. However, they could only be used by high class because of the fact that they were hard to produce and due to transportation problems of hieroglyphs and tablets.

Enlightener of folk (Printing press)

1436

After the Renaissance, invention of printing press was going to change a lot for the low class. Although they were not commonly used at the start due to their expensive cost, they started being used as the time passes. This invention made huge impact on education.

The blackboard

1841

In 1841 the classroom chalkboard was first introduced. Shortly thereafter, Horace Mann began encouraging communities to buy chalkboards for their classrooms. By the late 1800s, the chalkboard had become a permanent fixture in most classrooms. The chalkboard went unused for many years until teachers realized that it could be used for whole group instruction and it is still being used in different shapes for education

Radio

1920

Radio entered the educational system in the early 1920s. Like the early days of film, radio was heralded as a tool that would revolutionize classroom teaching. In 1923 Haaren High School in New York City became the first public school to use the radio in classroom teaching.

Overhead projector

1930

In the 1930’s the overhead projector was widely used by the U. S. Military to train forces during World War II and eventually the device spread to schools.

Television

1950

Although it wasn’t until the 1950s and 1960s that instructional television reached its peak, the first documented use of closed circuit television was in Los Angeles public schools and at the State University of Iowa in 1939.

Computer

1960

Computers were first used in education in the 1960s in a way that was intended to individualize instruction. This method became known as computer assisted instruction (CAI). In the late 1970s the cost and availability of microcomputers reached a level at which it was more practical to place computers in K-12 schools. Also, donations of Apple to schools helped computers to be spread for education.

Internet

1980

The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s. In 1980s internet was integrated to education such as the course of the Open University in the United Kingdom. The online world took on a more recognizable form in 1990, when Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. The web helped popularize the Internet among the public. Today, the Internet is one of the more popular forms of educational technology used in classrooms.

References

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http://institute-of-progressive-education-and-learning.org/a-history-of-education-technology/
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References

2000

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https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/chapter/section-8-1-a-short-history-of-educational-technology/
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https://www.britannica.com/topic/education
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_tablet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs
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