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30,000 BCE
Cave drawings
30,000 B.C. cave drawings were a main media to preserve knowledge of the world surrounding the cave men. The earliest known European figurative cave paintings are those of Chauvet Cave in France, dating to earlier than 30,000 BC in the Upper Paleolithic. -
400 BCE
Socrates and his followers
Socrates claimed in the 400 B.C., showing a new way of teaching his followers. Socrates teaching is a form of inquiry and discussion between teacher and students, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking. -
105
First Paper
Officially, paper was invented in 105 A.D. by a Chinese court official named Ts'ai Lun, but in 2006, a fragment of a paper map bearing Chinese characters and dating from 200 B.C. was found at Fangmatan in northeast Gansu Province. -
1450
Printing press
Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1450. -
Horn-Books
horn-books as the media that transmitted knowledge in a written form to the students. -
Magic lantern
The Magic lantern was a device which projected printed images of glass frames onto the walls in darkened classrooms. Modern blackboard dates back to the 1801, which was at the time considered quite a revolution. -
Shorthand postcards
The 1800s were also significant for the first attempt in distance education, when Sir Isaac Pitman sent shorthand postcards to his students and received student feedback as a response. A shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed of writing. -
School slate
A slate is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock composed of clay or volcanic ash. In 18th- and 19th-century schools, slate was extensively used for blackboards and individual writing slates for which chalk pencils were used. -
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School slate
A slate is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock composed of clay or volcanic ash. In 18th- and 19th-century schools, slate was extensively used for blackboards and individual writing slates for which chalk pencils were used. -
Pencils and paper
In 1900 pencils and papers replaced school slates and chalks. -
First Radio
1910s radio emerged, allowing students to learn from radio programs -
First film projector
1920s the film projector was invented -
First TV in a classroom in LA
The first TV appears in a classroom in Los Angeles. -
Mimeographs
1940s, mimeographs helped teachers to retype their materials and spread homework assignments to the entire class -
Apple macintosh computer
In 1948, the apple macintosh got introduced. -
Headphones & TVs
First headphones and TVs arrived to schools in the 1950s -
Overhead projectors
Overhead projectors first appeared in schools in the late 1950s allowing teachers to print their materials on plastic sheets and also write directly to the plastic sheets with a non-permanent washable marking pen. -
VHS, VCR and audio tapes
VHS, VCR and audio tapes could be used to enrich lessons in the 1960s. -
First calculators
In 1972 had the first handheld calculator arrived to schools, allowing pupils to type in the operands and perform mathematical operations in a single click. It was at the time quote a debate whether the calculators should be allowed in schools. Teachers were initially afraid that calculators would undermine time-tested skills of counting on fingers! -
Scantrons
In 1972, scantrons are used to automatically grade multiple choice tests. -
IBM PCs
IBM PCs arrived in 1981 to the classrooms, however, their use was limited to word processing. Also, there was no World Wide Web at the time. -
World Wide Web
In the 1990 and the appearance of the World Wide Web, pupils could send e-mails, and research the Internet. -
CD-ROMs
In 1990, CD-ROMs became a predominated form of storage -
Google
Google was invented on the 4. September 1998 in Menlo Park, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten. -
Laptops and cameras
The 2000s are seen as the interactive age, which brought smart response system, laptops and cameras to schools. -
Tablets, smartphones, smartboards, QRs, NFCs etc.
2010, tablets, smartphones, smartboards, QRs, NFCs and other exciting technologies are slowly finding their place in classrooms.