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The first ever public school was established in Boston, Massachusetts.(Blaha, "Moments That Changed Public Education")
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The first college was Harvard and was originally established to teach ministers and soon after followed the establishment of many prestigious schools such as Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, and Princeton. (Preceden, "History of Education")
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In 1801, James Pillans invented the blackboard which then began to be used in thousands of classrooms around the world. (Preceden, "History of Education")
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The typewriter was invented by Christopher Sholes but was later manufactured by another company. This invention paved the way for the future of writing. (Preceden, "History of Education")
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The first kindergarten in St. Louis Michigan was established with 42 students. (Timeline, "A History of Education", 2012)
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The supreme court case, Plessy Vs. Ferguson, legalized segregation in schools. (Blaha, "Moments That Changed Public Education")
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Pencils and paper were able to be made in mass productions and available to more schools, which replaced the school slate.(Timeline, "A History of Education", 2012)
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The first computer was thought to be made around 1946, was built for the military, and took up an entire room. (Preceden, "History of Education")
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the supreme court case, Brown vs. Board of Education, turns around the ruling of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case by banning segregated schools. (Blaha, "Moments That Changed Public Education")
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After the Russian's launch the first satellite into space, over $1 billion dollars are given to the public school system to improve mathematics and science programs.(Blaha, "Moments That Changed Public Education")
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The first computers used in schools were in New York Elementary schools. (Preceden, "History of Education")
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The first handheld calculator was created, however many teachers did not want to use them. They did not want to take away from students basic skills (Timeline, "A History of Education", 2012)
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Scantron created free to use machines to grade papers but would charge for the test sheets. (Preceden, "History of Education")
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Microsoft Excel can allow data to be seen visually, organized, and pick out patterns and groups in data.(Ryan, Cooper & Bolick, pg. 193)
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Teachers use PowerPoint software to share videos, show text and pictures, make games, tutorials, or to teach lessons.(Ryan, Cooper & Bolick, pg. 187)
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SMART Technologies SMART Board was introduced and put into many classrooms across America.(Timeline, "A History of Education", 2012)
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AlphaSmart was a portable word processor that could help students create documents and become good writers by providing a spell check and a dictionary tool. (Ryan, Cooper & Bolick, pg. 192)
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WebQuest is a learning software that helps students learn from information on the internet without the hassle of searching for it.
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iMovie is a software designed by Apple to easily create video projects using images, video, and voice recordings. (Ryan, Cooper & Bolick, pg. 196)
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A method of teaching where the instruction is taking place outside of a traditional classroom, mostly through digital experiences and homework being done with the teacher in the classroom. (Timeline, "A History of Education", 2012)
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The blogging tool, 21 Classes, allows students and teachers to communicate by producing articles that may get students excited about writing
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Software like Kidspiration allows children to create organized notes and mind maps. This also helps the teacher to see how the student is understanding the lesson by observing the learning patterns.(Ryan, Cooper & Bolick, pg. 197)
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The InspireData Software allows students to create graphs, combine formulas and data, and analyze the data visually. The student can do it alone, or the teacher can make it a class lesson. (Ryan, Cooper & Bolick, pg. 200)
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Prezi can display information in different and more interactive ways than a typical presentation application that can be shared easily with other teachers and students. (Ryan, Cooper & Bolick, pg. 187)
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Tablets are being used in classrooms to have educational apps such as PuppetPals which allows students to create their own stories by choosing characters and a setting. (Ryan, Cooper & Bolick, pg. 195)
