technologies in education

By Marie Treichel
  • 30,000 BCE

    cave drawings

    main media to preserve knowledge
  • 400 BCE

    Socrates teaching

    inquiry and discussion between teacher and students
  • 105

    first paper production

    the first paper was produced in China - but not yet to write on but to wrap and protect
  • Period: 200 to 300

    paper used for writing

  • Period: 900 to 1000

    written documentation of knowledge

    medical practitioners started recording their knowledge about human body. Later, these texts were given to monks who taught that knowledge to students. Books were very expensive at that time, so students had to remember the taught knowledge.
  • 1450

    invention of Gutenberg printing press

  • Horn-books

    public education emerged through transmitted knowledge in a written form

  • first attempt in distance education

    Sir Isaac Pitman sent shorthand postcards, which is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed of writing, to his students and received student feedback as a response.

  • "magic lantern"

    device which projected printed images of glass frames onto the walls in darkened classrooms

  • first blackboard hung on classroom wall

    by James Pillans, a geography teacher in Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Introduction of typewriter

    Christopher L. Sholes first introduced the typewriter in 1873. His version only had capital letters. But by the end of the 1800s, others had models with both upper case and lower case letters.

  • Pencil and paper

    Pencil and paper replaced school slates and chalks

  • Radio emerged

    allowing students to learn from radio programs

  • Invention of film projector

  • First ballpoint pen in schools

  • Mimeographs

    helped teachers to retype their materials and spread homework assignments to the entire class

  • Headphones and Tv in schools

    now lessons could be learned through repetition

  • Overhead projectors in school

    print materials on plastic sheets and write directly on them

  • VHS, VCR and audio tapes

    could be used to enrich lessons

  • first handheld calculator in schools

    It was at the time quote a debate whether the calculators should be allowed in schools.

  • first PCs in the classroom

    their use was limited to word processing. No World Wide Web at the time.
  • Period: to

    first personal computers and computer games

    The Oregon trail was the earliest educational video games adopted by schools designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail.

  • appearance of World Wide Web

    pupils could send e-mails, and research the Internet.
  • Period: to

    first interactive whiteboard and the Web emerged

  • Period: to

    smart response system, laptops and cameras in schools

  • tablets, smartphones, smartboards etc. in classrooms

    Tablets, smartphones, smartboards, QRs, NFCs and other exciting technologies are slowly finding their place in classrooms.