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Pens
Ballpoint pens were used -
Chalkboard
Chalkboard slates were the first things we used to write and chalkboards were always found in classrooms -
Pencils
Pencils were always found in American common classrooms -
Pencils
Olive pencils were found in American classrooms -
Projector
The first film projector was put into a classroom -
Overhead Projectors
Overhead projectors were used in most classrooms -
Films
52% if schools were using silent films and 3% were using films with sound -
TV
The first TV appears in a classroom in LA -
Pens
Ballpoint pens were usually found in classrooms -
Mimiogram
Mimiogram was the first ox machine -
Headphones
Headphones became popular in school language labs -
Typewriter
Typewriters were first used in schools -
BASIC
BASIC is developed at Dartmouth College with the intent of giving students a simple programming language that is easy-to-learn -
Calculators
Handheld calculators were invented and used in classrooms -
Scantorons
Scantrons were make to make grading faster -
Software
The Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium is founded. The organization popularizes school software such as Oregon Trail, and Lemonade Stand. -
Computer
Computers were used in classrooms -
Apple
Apple Macintosh computer is introduced. The ratio of computers to students in US schools is 1-92 -
Graphing Calculators
Handheld graphing calculators were popular in classrooms -
Mavis
Touch typing software Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is developed and popularized in schools -
Laptops
Laptops are introduced and are eventually utilized as teaching tools -
CD-ROMs
CD-ROMs became a predominant form of storage -
SMART Boards
The first SMART interactive whiteboards were used in a classroom -
SMART
SMART response ie was used in classrooms -
NCES
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), about 99% of American public schools have Internet access. About 35% had Internet access in 1994 -
Netbooks
Netbooks are used in classrooms -
Ipads
Ipads are still used in classrooms -
Moblie
90% of students under the age of 18 have access to mobile technology