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School Museums
School Museums were supplementary curriculum materials, such as portable exhibits, stereographs, slides, films, etc. A modern equivalent would be a community or school media center. -
Motion Picture Projectors
Motion picture projectors were one of the first media devices used in schools. In 1910, the first catalog of instructional films was published. -
Audiovisual Instruction Movement
With the incorporation of sound into films, the term audiovisual instruction was created. This field included radio broadcasting, sound recordings, and sound motion pictures. Radio did not take off in classrooms, due to poor equipment and radio signals. -
Military Classrooms
During World War II, the military used audiovisual instruction to create hundreds of training films. Training directors reports that the films increased attendance and reduced training time without having a negative impact on retention. -
Instructional Television
The 1950s showed large areas of growth in instructional television due to the creation of educational channels, such as PBS, and funding from the Ford Foundation -
Computers and Instruction
By 1983, over 40% of elementary schools and 75% of secondary schools were using personal computers in their classrooms -
The Internet and Online Classrooms
By the early 2000s, the Internet had allowed classrooms to shift from using computers as an instructional technology to entire classrooms being solely online. By 2002, 10% of university-level students were enrolled in at least one online class.
