History of Education Technology

By amilah
  • Abacus
    2700 BCE

    Abacus

    The Abacus appeared from 2700 BC to 2300 BC.
    It's purpose Is to help with computing numerals
  • Paper
    105

    Paper

    Paper is a writing material that was first created In China, when Cai Lun created a sheet of paper using mulberry and other bast fibres along with some other materials.
  • Manuscript Transcription
    382

    Manuscript Transcription

    Manuscript transcription was developed as a writing standard in Europe so that the Latin alphabet could be easily recognized by the literate class from different regions.
  • Pythagoras Academy
    510

    Pythagoras Academy

    510 B.C.
    Philosopher Pythagoras opened the first ever school called the Pythagoras Academy. He taught these kids in Greece.
  • Printing Press
    Oct 4, 1450

    Printing Press

    The printing press was invented in the Holy Roman Empire by the German, Johannes Gutenberg. It allowed people to mass produce their thoughts for more ease.
  • Public Education

    Public Education

    The first American schools in the thirteen original colonies opened in the 17th century. The first school to be founded was Boston Latin School.
  • Public Education

    Public Education

    During this period chalkboard slates were used and teachers would use blackboards. Also, more schools had formed, such as Town schools, home school, public/private schools.
  • Public Education

    Public Education

    It is during this time that books were introduced and used in the classroom.
  • Chalkboard

    Chalkboard

    In the 18th century, students in Europe and America were still using individual slates made of actual slate or pieces of wood coated with paint and grit and framed with wood. However teachers had no way to present a lesson or a problem to the class as a whole. In 1801 James Pillans, headmaster and geography teacher at the Old High School in Edinburgh, Scotland, is credited with inventing the first modern blackboard when he hung a large piece of slate on the classroom wall.
  • Audio Visual - Radio

    Audio Visual - Radio

    NY City’s Board of Education was the first organization to send lessons to schools through a radio station. Over the next couple of decades, “schools of the air” began broadcasting to millions.
  • Audio Visual

    Audio Visual

    Thomas Edison predicted that, thanks to the invention of projected images, “books will soon be obsolete in schools. Scholars will soon be instructed through the eye".
  • Overhead projector

    Overhead projector

    Initially used by the U.S. military for training purposes in World War II, overhead projectors quickly spread to schools and other organizations around the country
  • Information age

    Information age

    1960-1980
    During this time the television, VSR, videotapes and audio tape came out and were used in education.
  • SMART Board Interactive whiteboard

    SMART Board Interactive whiteboard

    It is In 1991 that the first SMART Board Interactive whiteboard came out and was used as a helpful tool in education during what is considered the computer age in history.
  • Digital Age

    Digital Age

    In the digital age people were connecting globally through the use of computers. Teaching became far more involved with technology and continues to do so.
  • The Interactive Age

    The Interactive Age

    Pupils became a lot more interactive with teachers through the use of technology. This included the use of SMART response PE, SMART response XE, Document camera and laptops.
  • Cave Drawing

    Cave Drawing

    30,000 BC. It can also be referred to as parietal art, and can be dated back as far as 40,000 years ago In Asia and Europe. The purpose of the drawings is not clear.