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James Pillans Invents the Blackboard
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Louis Braille invents a system of touch reading - Braille
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Live-Flame Projector Used in Art Class for the First TIme
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The Motion Picture was Invented
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Edison states that "Books will soon be obsolete..."
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On-Air Classes allow Students to listen to lectures via radio
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Teachers Adopt the Filmstrip Projector
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Usage of the Overhead Projector
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First Computerized GIS System in Canada
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Scantron System simplifies testing
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CCTV Introduced - Closed Caption Television for the Hearing Impaired
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Education for Handicapped Children Act is Passed
Guaranteeing education for children with disabilties http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/nas1/07c187/Module%202/module_2_p6.html -
WordStar - One of the first Word Processors
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Microcomputers Become Affordable
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Cochlear Implants approved by the FDA to treat hearing loss
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Microsoft Releases Excel
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TI - 81 Graphing Calculator Introduced to the Market
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Advent of the Internet
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WebQuest Model of teaching developed
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EHC revised into IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Expanded on the previously implemented EHC - Education for Handicapped Children http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/nas1/07c187/Module%202/module_2_p6.html -
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Invention of the Podcast
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YouTube is Launched
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TPACK Framework Posited
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eSight Founded - A seeing-eye device for the visually impaired
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The 3D Projector
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Google releases the Chromebook - A cheap, mass-produced laptop
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BrainPort, an assistive technology, allows the brain the "see" its surroundings
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Omaha Virtual School - Personalized distance learning for K - 8
