Michell Richards Evolution of Educational Technology 7100-1

Alvin Toffler's The Third Wave 1650-1849 Agricultural Wave Industrial Wave 1850- 1949 1950 - 1999 Information Wave 2000- Present Communication Wave Michell Richards

Technology 1935 Kodak introduces Kodachrome color 1943 1903 Wright Brothers invent airplane 1911 Electric automobile starter sold to Cadillac 1924 AT&T introduces telephotographic fax machine 1935 Kodak introduces Kodachrome color 1943 Ball pen patented 1951 First microphone with portable radio designed 1960 6000 computers in operation in US 1970 Intel markets the first microprocessor 1981 MS-DOS introduced 1992 Worldwide web born 2006 one billionth song downloaded

Work 1904 National Child Labor Committee 1916 First federal child labor laws 1929 Stock market crash ruined investors and economic trust 1932 Roosevelt elected restructured economy 1940 High unemployment but agriculture and industry rebound 1955 Gross National Product grew 1964 McDonald's became a franchise 1981 Restructured taxes caused increase in poverty 1992 First African American woman on Senate 2007 First female Speaker of the House

Education 1903 Thorndike's Law of Effects 1913 Thorndike's Learning = Stimulus 1930 Contiguity Theory 1947 Science subjects introducedin schools 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education 1966 Constructivist Learning Theory 1982 Multiple Intelligences Theory 1991 America 2000 2001 No Child Left Behind in effect

Society and Culture 1904 African Americans denied the right to vote 1910 Women Suffrage parade  1921 Immigration laws cut 1935 Social security legislation passed 1946 Benjamin Spock published best seller that helped mothers 1960 Decade of the youth 1973 Abortion is legalized 1985 The appearance of crack cocaine 1990 America with Disability Act  2000 Reality TV is becoming popular

Environment 1900 Wildlife buffalo population drops 1912 Smoke control study 1920 Hydroelectric projects 1936 National Wildlife Federation formed 1940 Bald Eagle Reservation Act 1953 British begin nuclear testing 1965 Congress pass Water Quality Act 1980 Gasohol 10% grain alcohol 1994 Climate change warning 2009 Obama signs biggest wilderness protection bill