1. AgricultureAgriculture Age IndustrialIndustrial Age InformationInformation Age InformationInformation Age 8000 B.C1750 19502010 Toffler’s Three Waves Please click on the underline words for the next slide.

2. Agriculture Age 8000 B.C. - 1750 During the Agriculture Age, there was a massive and rapid growth in agricultural productivity and vast improvements in farm technology and machines. Other inventions: Abacus – approx. 3000 B.C. Calculators – 1600s

3. Industrial Age 1750 to 1955 1870 - Magic Lantern 1890 – School Slate/Chalkboard 1900 – Pencil 1905 – Stereoscope 1925 – Filmstrip Projector 1925 – Radio 1930 – Overhead Projector 1940 – Mimeograph 1940s – First Electronic Computers 1950 – Language Lab Headset 1950s - Mainframes “Technology is commonly thought of in terms of gadgets, instruments, machines, and devices…most (educators) will defer to technology as computers.” (Muffolette, 1994)

4. Information Age 1955 to present “You’ve go to think about the big things while you are doing the small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.” Alvin Toffler Technology developed during the Information Age: 1957 – Skinner Teaching Machine 1980 - Plato Computer 1985 – CD-ROM Drive 1999 – Interactive Whiteboard 2006 - XO Laptop 2010 - iPad

5. Information 2 Age 2010 and beyond My prediction for the fourth wave is Information 2 Age. This wave will exemplify Each domain of the previous waves: non-traditional workplaces renewal of the family structure blended classrooms and curriculums Technology for the advancement of human needs and well-being