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History of Educational Technology

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  • 30,000 BCE

    Oral Communication and Imitation

    Oral Communication and Imitation
    The use of technology in communication may be considered about 30,000 years BCE.
  • 30,000 BCE

    Paintings on the Wall

    Paintings on the Wall
    Among the symbols used, there are cave paintings, petroglyphs, pictograms and ideograms.
  • Period: 2700 BCE to 2300 BCE

    Sumerian Abacus

    Some scholars point to a character in Babylonian cuneiform that may have been derived from a representation of the abacus.
  • 2600 BCE

    Writing

    Writing
    The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script, with the oldest coherent texts from about 2600 BC.
  • 510 BCE

    Pythagoras Academy

  • 105

    Paper

    Paper
    Paper made in China
  • 382

    Manuscript Transition

    Manuscript Transition
  • Public Education

    Public Education
  • Mimeograph

    Mimeograph
    Edison Patents Mimeograph
  • Head Projectors

    Head Projectors
    Overhead projectors were introduced into U.S. military training during World War II as early as 1940 and were quickly being taken up by tertiary educators
  • The Information Age

    The Information Age (also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age) is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century.
  • Today

    Today
    As we entered the age of communication, tools such as the television projector, which were invented before, were much more developed.