2. Alison Eckert History of Educational Technology 1950-1979

3. Analytical Presentation: Analyzing Three Decades from My Timeline Alison Eckert: alison.eckert@waldenu.edu This project was created to meet the requirements of EDU 8840: Evolution of Educational Technology in Society, Education, and the Workplace, a course required for the PhD in Education—Educational Technology program at Walden University. August 10, 2013

4. Introduction Alvin Toffler’s Wave Theory  Agricultural Age 1600-1750  Industrial Age 1750-1950  Information Age 1950-

5. Introduction 1950s 1960s 1970s

6. Timeline: Six Strands

7. WAVE THEORY TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS LEARNING THEORY NATURE OF SOCIETY GOVERNMENT

8. WAVE THEORY: Information Age 1950-

9. 1950s

10. 1950s: Technology 1957 - FORTRAN introduced by IBM 1957 - The IBM 7090 could perform almost 230,000 calculations/second 1958 - 1st Tape Recorders for home use released 1959 - Transistors were commonly replacing vacuum tubes in computers

11. 1950s: Significant Events 1950 - First credit card 1950 - Erikson's Stages of Development 1952 – TVs in the home 1954 - Segregation ruled illegal in US 1954 - Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 1954 – Portable radios 1955 - Disneyland opened

12. 1950s: Connections Information Entertainment Racial tensions and changing laws New theories in education

13. 1960s

14. 1960s: Technology 1962 – LED light invented 1964 - IBM introduced first "family" of computers System/360 1969 - IBM began selling hardware and software separately

15. 1960s: Significant Events 1963 – JFK assassinated 1963 - No Bible passages in school reaffirmed 1965 - US Sends troops to Vietnam 1965 - Malcolm X assassinated 1969 - Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated 1969 - 1st man on Moon

16. 1960s: Connections Space adventure and technology Continued racial tensions Religion in public schools Vietnam and political turmoil Hardware/software and systems suggests a shift towards consumer preference

17. 1970s

18. 1970s: Technology 1970 - ARPAnet established 1971 - e-book invented 1971 - Introduction of the Floppy Disk 1973 - First cellphone introduced 1975 - Microsoft founded 1976 - Apple I released 1977 - VHS video tape recorders introduced

19. 1970s: Significant Events 1970 - Discovery-based teaching 1973 - Legalization of Abortion 1978 - 1st "test tube" baby born 1978 - Landmark Surveillance Act made Law

20. 1970s: Connections Science and technology Reproductive health Advances in communication and entertainment

21. Conclusion Technology –Made it easier to process, share, and store information and opened new communication channels –A lot of innovation came from the “scientists” and government. Society –Drove the demand for technology and continues to do so in the increasingly consumer-driven technology market of today

22. References All References can be found at: http://aeckert-et- timeline.wikispaces.com/file/detail/eckerta+timeline+cover+and+bibliography.doc x http://aeckert-et- timeline.wikispaces.com/file/detail/eckerta+timeline+cover+and+bibliography.doc x Click here for a complete list of urls for web resources consulted during this project: http://aeckert-et-timeline.wikispaces.com/file/detail/timeline+bibliography.docx