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Motion Picture Proctor
Public schools in Rochester, NY, becomes the first school district to begin using insructional films on a regular basis. -
Thomas Edison's EdTech Proclamation
Proclaims "Books will soon be obsolete in the schools…Our school system will be completely changed in the next ten years.” -
1914-1923, Visual Technology in Education Expands
By 1923, there are multiple national organizations, journals, and institutions devoted to visual technology and education. -
Sidney Pressey's Automatic Teacher is Invented
A skill-and-drill machnce that saw little success in the early 1920s. -
Audiovisual instruction increases, even druing the Great Depression
Despite the hard economic times of the 1930s, the education technology/ audiovisual instruction movement expanded in the 1930s. -
World War II
Taining films quickly prepare U.S. troops for battle. -
1950's Televison Boom
Instructional television booms along with the leisure television. -
Educational Television Series
17 national educationally deveoted television channels -
Televison instruction loses steam
By the 1960s, televised instruction had lost much of the positive credentials it had in the 1950s -
Terminology Changes
In the 1970s, the terms educational technology and instructional technology replaced terms such as audiovisual instruction. However, most experts feel it has had little impact over its history on the overall educational experience. -
Computers become prominent fixtures in schools
Are present and used effectively in 40% of elementary schools and 75% of secondary schools. -
Smart Board Interactive Whiteboard Introduced
Though it took over a decade for the boards to become affordable and frequent in American classrooms. -
1 Computer for every 9 students
Which is far less computers per child than was predicted in 1984m when a 1-1 ratio was project by 1990. -
Online Student Collaboration
The emergence of blogs, wikis, online teleconferencing, and collaborative online documents allows students and teachers from around the world to quickly and easily communicate and collaborate. -
Amazon Kindle
Not the first e-reader, but the "game changer." Affordable, practical, with realistic book feel. -
Apple iPad
An e-reader with a color touch screen and thousands of applications. Opens the "tablet in education" discussions. -
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Matt Benson implements USB lights in his classroom
Students plug them in when they need help. The tradition of raising hands becomes obsolete. -
Mobile Devices/Tablets
Both become absolute staples in the modern classroom. -
The "Flipped Classroom" grows in popularity
Students begin spending more time watching lectures at home or during individual class time. Teachers work with students in a more individualized basis.
The Khan Academy -
Students complete a majority of their schooling from home
Although I think it will take much longer to the actual, physical school to completely disappear, I feel students will complete much of their schooling from home on a computer by 2025. Teachers will still facilitate lessons and will still act as tutors at the physical location.
