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1500
Beginning of Public Schools
The idea and practice of universal, compulsory public education developed gradually in Europe. -
Public Education Growing
Public schooling gradually evolved toward what we all recognize today as conventional schooling. -
Technology in Schools
Thomas Edison was working to expand his motion picture industry into education. -
Educational Technology
The education technology landscape changed dramatically with Apple. Steve Jobs saw his first computer at Hewlett-Packard. -
Apple
Apple launched the Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT) research study. Over the next 10 years, they worked with school districts throughout the US and also the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study how the everyday use of technology might impact teaching and learning. -
Technology and Internet in Schools
By the early 2000s the world of technology in schools had changed. While the original KCW model provided free-standing and networked computers to classrooms, the Internet began to erode the very walls of the classrooms.