History of Technology in Education

By staceyparksslp
  • Hunting and Gathering as a way of life
    8001 BCE

    Hunting and Gathering as a way of life

    Prior to the beginning of agriculture, children learned through play and exploration. This was skill-intensive and knowledge-intensive.
  • Beginning of Agriculture
    8000 BCE

    Beginning of Agriculture

    Children became forced laborers and play was supressed,
  • Rise of Industry

    Rise of Industry

    Children were still seen as laborers and education consisted of ridding children of their wilfulness.
  • Beginning of Traditional Schooling

    Beginning of Traditional Schooling

    Schooling began to take the place of fieldwork.
  • 1910-1912 The Expansion of Motion Pictures into Education

    1910-1912 The Expansion of Motion Pictures into Education

    Thomas Edison had the vision to decrease the use of textbooks and move more towards using video for learning.
  • First "Teaching Machine"

    First "Teaching Machine"

    This was the first machine that would 1) Present info 2) Have the learner respond 3) Feedback given to accuracy of response
  • Apple's first comupter

    Apple's first comupter

  • The internet arrives

    The internet arrives

  • Kids Can't Wait Program

    Kids Can't Wait Program

    Apple had the idea to not only get computers into the hands of students but to "help teachers transform teaching and student learning."

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