HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

• Tribal priests systemized bodies of knowledge, and early cultures invented pictographs or sign writing to record and transmit information

In ancient Greece, the term “techne” was used to refer to the process of applying knowledge systematically to the practical art of instruction

They formulated cognitive rules, systematically analyzed subject matter designed instructional technologies and devised effective instructional materials

Edward Thorndike, who formulated the scientific theory of learning, and John Dewey, were contributors in the formulation of the scientific method, respectively.

Thorndike gave emphasis to the use of empirical investigation as a basis for an organized process of learning

Dewey introduced a method of instruction in terms scientific method in broad terms

The 19th Century paved in the advent of effective technological development including the production of textbooks, use of blackboards and improvements in writing implements like pen and ink

Photography was invented, giving a way to a movement called “Visual Instruction”

By 1920, visual media became widely acceptedIn 1932, the first instructional television program

was aired at the State University of IowaFirst Electronic Computers---1940sMinicomputers---1960s Microcomputers---1970s Microcomputer Systems---1980s Internet---1990s

20th CENTURY

Ice Age cave paintings in Altamira, Spain

1453

Johannes Gutenberg (1400-1468) – the first printing press

Gutenberg Bible

New York Public Library

Brought by James Lenox in 1847

It was the first copy to be acquired by the United States

Founding of the first public school in the US

Boston Latin School

1635

Christopher Latham Sholes (1819-1890)

Buffalo History Museum

1862

1891 Guglielmo Marconi Sent the first radio transmission

across the Atlantic

1971, Intel develops 4004, the first microprocessor chip

Altair sold in 1975, the first personal computer. It is a kit that must be assembled

Apple Computer is formed in 1976 and sells 50 Apple I

1972-Now Microcomputer Revolution Begins

Steve Jobs and Steve Wosniak

Ronald Wayne (iPad, iPhone, iMac – present)

Charles Ranlett Flint

Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, and later on called IBM (International Business Machines)

Michael S. Dell

William Henry “Bill” Gates III

Launched the first version of MS Windows on November 20, 1985

Partnership with IBM

interactive whiteboard, a computer, a projector and whiteboarding software - either Smart Notebook collaborative learning software for education, or Smart Meeting Pro software for business

ACTIVITY:

Work in three’s Discuss the future of technology in Education as it is applied in your future careers or