Evolution of Educational Technology Time Line

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AGRICULTURAL AGE 1600 ➢ Family tied to land ➢ Little mobility ➢ Family business was agriculture ➢ Transportation was on foot or horseback ➢ Communication was face to face ➢ Education was oral and limited ➢ Classes were multiage groups ➢

INDUSTRIAL AGE 1750 ➢ Families were nuclear ➢ Factories were main business ➢ Topdown beauracracies ➢ Automobiles and trains were main transportation ➢ Education was through books, videos, and film ➢ Students were grouped by ages ➢

INFORMATION AGE 1950 ➢ Single parent, blended, and childless families ➢ Business and work characterized by collaboration, teamwork, computers, cell phones, flexible hours and locations ➢ Automobiles, planes for transportation ➢ Education is digital- hyperkids, and Internet ➢

COMMUNICATION AGE ➢ Defined by Internet ➢ Increased capacity of collaboration and communication ➢ Creativity ➢

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