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On April 23, 1635, the first public school in what would become the United States was established in Boston, Massachusetts. Known as the Boston Latin School (National Geographic Society, 2013)
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The modern pencil made writing easier and more efficient, especially in the classroom (Popova, 2018).
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Chalkboards were once key to teaching in front a class, even to this day chalkboards are still found in most classrooms (History of the Classroom Blackboard, 2017).
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Stereoscopes were three dimensional devices, which were popular in home parlors, were sold to schools featuring educational sets containing hundreds of images.
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The Magic Lantern projected images printed on glass plates and showed them in darkened rooms to students.
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The radio broadcasted educational lessons in many schools and districts in the classroom.
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Filmstrips were used to show educational films in classrooms and were used in classrooms until the 1980's.
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The television took the classroom by storm by airing educational lessons ( Stephens).
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The Overhead Projector projected the image of writing on clear film and is still used in classrooms till this day.
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The Scantron system of testing, introduced by Michael Sokolski, which allowed educators to grade tests more efficiently (Cortez & Meghan, 2016).
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Excel is widely used to organize data sets, conduct numerial analyses, and create graphs (Ryan, Cooper, & Bolick, pg.200)
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Microsoft Powerpoints allows teachers to present lessons by slideshows in the classroom.
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WebQuest is an inquiry-based learning activity that directs learners in using information from the web (Ryan, Cooper, & Bolick, pg.201).
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Software that allows students to demonstrate their understanding of a concept and teach students to clarify, organize, and prioritize their thoughts (Ryan, Cooper, & Bolick, pg.197)
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iMovie allows the student to shift from the role of passive observer to active creator of digital media (Ryan, Cooper, & Bolick, pg.196).
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Audacity is a recording application software that allows students to create their own podcasts (Ryan, Cooper, & Bolick, pg.204)
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Teachers now use Keynote to link. websites, videos, or other slides as part of the presentation (Ryan, Cooper, & Bolick, pg.187)
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Youtube enables students to post video logs, or vlogs, where they can create video journals (Ryan, Cooper, & Bolick, pg.197).
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iClickers allow teachers to be able to quickly poll students and also allows student to anonymously respond to questions.
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The Dreambox tutorial allows teachers to individualize students' instruction in mathematics (Ryan, Cooper, & Bolick, pg.193).
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Students can use Glogster to create their own interactive presentations (Ryan, Cooper, & Bolick, pg.196)
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Prezi uses one large canvas to display the whole presentation, and users can zoom in and out on certain parts of the presentation (Ryan, Cooper, & Bolick, pg.193)
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The iPad is a touch screen tablet computer developed by Apple. 81% of U.S teachers think tablets can help enhance classroom learning(Rowe,2013)
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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform with multiple-choice quizzes and games (Singer, 2017)
