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First technology was introduced to classrooms (the chalkboard)
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During the nineteenth century
Single classrooms with different aged children turn into different classrooms with children divided by age. -
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History of Education in America and the use of Technology.
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Student enrollment increased by 550%
"In North Carolina, the political resurgence of the Whig Party in the 1830s led to the appropriation of federal and state funds toward the construction and maintenance of schoolhouses across that state. In a matter of sixteen years, student enrollment increased by over 550 percent". -
Bible-reading practice is eliminated
"1860s Cincinnati Bible War when the Cincinnati Board of Education eliminated the practice of Bible-reading in public schools" -
Julia Addington becomes country superintendent
Julia Addington from Iowa becomes the first woman elected to the position of country superintendent -
New technological devices were brought into the classrooms
filmstrip projector, the overhead projector, the motion picture and educational television. -
Teachers preparation in 1910
Only 5 percent of nationwide teachers had only high school. -
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Federal and state spending in education
Federal and state spending in education has increased nearly 1500 percent since 1970. (Beck, Conform, 2014, p.6) -
By the 1980’s many more software products were brought into the classrooms
By the 1980’s when microcomputers became affordable, again many more software products were brought into the classrooms -
Present view of technology in classrooms
Now, the way we see technology is just as another tool for teachers to use, rather than a substitute for what teachers do. Technology is to support and help expand a teacher’s work. Tools like computers and internet are there to help enrich the education process for the teachers and also for the students.