Technology Trends and Timeline

Technology Timespan

Period: Apr 20, 1945 to Apr 20, 2015

(State) Argonne National Laboratory chartered

Apr 25, 1946

(Country) First videotape recording

Apr 25, 1951

(School) Creation of district 106 LRC

Apr 25, 1955

The district built their first LRC in 1955.

(Country) First computer modem

Apr 25, 1958

(Country) First educational televisions

Apr 25, 1958

(State) First televised political debate

Apr 25, 1960

(Country) Spacewar first video game

Apr 25, 1962

(Country) Founded Educational Resources Information Center

Apr 25, 1966

(Country) First handheld calculator

Apr 25, 1967

(State) Fermilab created

Apr 25, 1967

(Country) First Sesame Street

Apr 25, 1969

(Country) First microprocessor invented

Apr 25, 1971

(Country) Invention of the scantron machine

Apr 25, 1972

(State) First cell phone

Apr 25, 1973

(Country) Ethernet invented

Apr 25, 1973

(State) Apple II computers were introduced into schools

Apr 25, 1977

(Country) First IBM PC released

Apr 25, 1981

(Country) First Apple Mcintosh released

Apr 25, 1984

(Country) Invented the CD-ROM drive

Apr 25, 1985

(Country) First hand held graphing calculator

Apr 25, 1985

(Country) Creation of the TI-81 calculator

Apr 25, 1990

(School) Creation of the first district website

Apr 25, 1994

District 106 published their first district website in 1994-1995

(School) First tech plan

Apr 25, 1998

District 106 created their first tech plan in 1998.

(State) Linux operating system was developed

Apr 25, 1998

(State) Governor opens the "New Centruy Of Progress" at Tech Town

Apr 25, 2000

(School) Addition of IP phones in every classroom

Apr 25, 2001

District 106 added IP phones to every classroom/office in 2001.

(Country) Apple releases its 3rd generation iMac

Apr 25, 2002

(School) Added wireless internet

Apr 25, 2003

District 106 added wireless internet in 2003

(School) 1 to 1 staff computers

Apr 25, 2004

District 106 supplied each teacher with their own computer in 2004.

(School) Installed projectors in every classroom

Apr 25, 2007

District 106 installed projectors in every classroom during the 2007 school year.

(School) 1 to 1 computers 6th-8th grade

Apr 25, 2008

District 106 provided 1 to 1 computers for all 6th-8th grade students starting in 2008.

(School) 1 to 1 computers 5th grade

Apr 25, 2009

District 106 provided 1 to 1 computers for all 5th grade students starting in 2009.

(School) Implementation of teachscape

Apr 25, 2009

District 106 implemented the use of teachscape during the 2009 school year.

(State) Governor Quinn announces nearly $12 million investment in high-tech infrastructure

Apr 25, 2010

(School) Security system / motion camera upgrade

Apr 25, 2011

District 106 did a security system and motion camera upgrade during the summer of 2011.

(School) Introduced iPads

Apr 25, 2011

District 106 introduced iPads to each grade level during the 2011 school year.

(School) Implementation of schoology

Apr 25, 2012

District 106 implemented schoology during the 2012 school year.

(School) Digital curriculum mapping / digging deeper matrix

Apr 25, 2012

District 106 staff created digital curriculum mapping and digging deeper matrix's during the 2012-2014 school year.

(School) Duel band FM transceiver radios

Apr 25, 2013

District 106 implemented the use of duel band FM transceiver radios during the 2013 school year.

(State) Mayor Emanuel releases city of Chicago's first ever technology plan

Apr 25, 2013

(State) Governor Quinn announces completion of cutting edge broadband network

Apr 25, 2014