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2700 BCE
Abacus
The Abacus appeared from 2700 BC to 2300 BC.
It's purpose Is to help with computing numerals -
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. -
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. -
510
Pythagoras Academy
510 B.C.
Philosopher Pythagoras opened the first ever school called the Pythagoras Academy. He taught these kids in Greece. -
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
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
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
It is during this time that books were introduced and used in the classroom. -
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
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
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
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
1960-1980
During this time the television, VSR, videotapes and audio tape came out and were used in education. -
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
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
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
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.
