1. Evolution of Educational Technology
The Ages of Technology
Dana Siau
EDUC
Evolution of Educational Technology
Time Line Assignment

2. Toffler’s Three Waves Timeline
8000 B.C. – Agricultural Age
1700 – Clash of the Agricultural Age & Industrial Age
1800 – Industrial Age
1955- Shift from the Industrial Age to the Information Age
1990-Class of the Information Age & Communication Age

3. Agricultural Age Characterized by… The extended family
Horse and Buggy as means of transportation
Farming as main source of food and income
Homeschooling geared towards family roles (child rearing, family business, etc.)

4. Industrial Age Characterized by… The transition to the nuclear family
Specialization in factories
Mass production of products via assembly lines
Railroads, cars, and planes as means of transportation
Renewable energy sources
Introduction of markets for trade of products
Mass schooling becomes grouped by age and gender

5. Information Age Characterized by… Non-renewable energy sources
Large corporations
cyberspace communications (cell phones, computers, etc.)
One-parent & Two working parents household
Digital natives in education
Demassification of production

6. Communication Age Characterized by… Collaboration among professionals
Web 2.0 tools
Increased usage of the internet to collaborate in the work place, school, and home

7. 1900-1910 Technological Innovations Business/Corporate Education
Alexander F. Victor invents the Animatograph link
1907-Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere. link
The world’s first billion dollar corporation-U.S. Steel is established link
Henry Ford mass manufactures model T Fords link
Montessori establishes first Children’s House link
Visual education movement begins in schools
Nature of Society & Culture
Communication
Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner link
The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane link
1902 first radio signal transmitted across the Atlantic Ocean link
The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission link

8. 1910-1920 Technological Innovations Business/Corporate Education
1912 Motorized movie cameras invented, replaced hand-cranked cameras. Link
The pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite. link
Child Labor Act passed, setting a national minimum age of 14 in industries producing nonagricultural goods for interstate commerce or for export link
Farm Loan Act passed, providing for the establishment of federal land banks under Treasury Department supervision. link
The Beginning of the competency and performance-based education link
Educational film companies begin to establish themselves link
Nature of Society & Culture
Communication
World War I begins and ends link
Mary Phelp Jacobs invents the bra. link
Radio tuners invented, that received different stations. link
Short-wave radio invented. link

9. 1920-1930 Technological Innovations Business/Corporate Education
The television or iconoscope (cathode-ray tube) invented by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin. link
JWA Morrison invents the first quartz crystal watch. link
1926 Goodyear becomes the world’s largest rubber and tire company link
Ford Motor Company introduces the Model A link
The theory of Behaviorism begins to wane link
Thorndike’s theory of connectionism link
Nature of Society & Culture
Communication
The first 3-D Movie is invented link
1920 Woman are given the right to vote link
Paul Galvin invents the first car radio link
1927 NBC starts two radio networks (CBS & Warner Bros.) link

10. 1930-1940 Technological Innovations Business/Corporate Education
1932- Polaroid Photography invented by Edwin Herbert Land link
1937-Alan Turing builds the first digital computer link
Goodyear develops the first hydraulic brakes for airplane link
Ford built first V-8 car link
Classical conditioning is popularized over reinforcement link
ETRI Films was one of the largest producers of educational films link
Nature of Society & Culture
Communication
Great Depression hits America link
Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes president link
1938-Ballpoint Pen invented link
First regular television program transmitted
FM radio invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong link

11. 1940-1950 Technological Innovations Business/Corporate Education
1942-John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer. link
1948-transistor radio invented link
1944 International Monetary Fund established link
Coca-Cola becomes the most noticeable company brand of soda in the world link
Decline of the Visual Instruction Movement to be replaced by audiovisual communications
Theorists like Hull popularize stimulus response conditioning link
Computer-assisted instruction is starting to be use din education link
Nature of Society & Culture
Communication
1942-Penicillin manufactured link
Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system. Link
Baby Boomer’s generation begins link
1949 Network television starts in the U.S. link
1947- Mobile phones first invented link

12. 1950-1960 Technological Innovations Business/Corporate Education
Bell Laboratories builds the first speech-recognition machine that recognizes voice
The first commercial computer is built by Eckert and Mauchly link
1951-Goodyear makes worlds first commercial passenger conveyer belt for Hudson & Manhattan Railroad company link
The Diner’s Club Issues the first credit card link
The beginning of the programmed instruction movement and teaching machines link
1954 Racial integration in U.S. schools begins link
Nature of Society & Culture
Communication
1953 Watson and Crick unravel the structure of DNA link
1957 Dr. Arthur Kornberg learns how DNA reproduces itself link
Computers are sold in stores commercially. link
Color Television has it’s first successful broadcast link

13. 1960-1970 Technological Innovations Business/Corporate Education
1964-Word processor invented link
1962-The audio cassette is invented link
1964 Goodyear memory belt introduced link
Wal-mart opens its first discount store link
Keller Plan link
Bloom’s Taxonomy introduced link
Decline of programmed instruction link
Nature of Society & Culture
Communication
1969-the artificial heart is invented link
1964-Civil Rights Act becomes law link
First person lands on the moon link
U.S. postal service at it’s highest peak of communication & zip codes are invented link
Bell System adopts the use of
"911" as a nationwide emergency
telephone number. Link

14. 1970-1980 Technological Innovations Business/Corporate Education
1972-Invetntion of the word processor link
1971-Invention of the floppy disk link
Amtrak train station created link
Shell becomes one of the top three selling oil companies in the world link
Gagne and Briggs propose behavioral objectives to guide instruction link
Decline of Individualized Instruction link
Cognitive Psychology begins replacing behaviorism link
Nature of Society & Culture
Communication
First Books on Tape made link
Genetic Engineering link
Apple I home computer invented link
First cellular phone network started in Japan. link

15. 1980-1990 Technological Innovations Business/Corporate Education
Compact discs (CD) and CD-ROM invented link
Sony comes out with first camcorder link
1983 Microsoft developed the Windows operating system link
1987 Microsoft Version 2.0 was developed link
IBM introduces its version of the personal computer link
Computers models such as IBM & Apple enter schools
Nature of Society & Culture
Communication
1988-Genetic fingerprinting link
1984- “eye printing,” a method using the image of the retina to identify people, was invented
1918 first laptop computer sold to public link
1983- first cellular phone network started in the U.s. link

16. 1990-2000 Technological Innovations Business/Corporate Education
1990-Jeff Hawkins invents the Gridpad, a machine with no keyboard, but has a writing pad that recognizes characters, functions, and shapes link
Apple releases its first Power Macintosh desktop computers link
Commercialism Begins link
Wal-mart becomes the nations No. 1 Retailer link
1998-Google Company Started link
The development of the internet changes the ways in which students access information in the public school. Information is now instant and available at any moment.
E-learning courses are developed changing the way students learn.
Nature of Society & Culture
Communication
1994-Whiteboards replace the Blackboards in US classrooms link
1991-The SMART Board is introduced by SMART technologies link
1994 American government releases control of internet and WWW is born - making communication at lightspeed. Link
1996 Congress passes the 1996
Telecommunications Act. link

17. 2000-2010 Technological Innovations Business/Corporate Education
2000 – Apple introduces the PowerBook G3 link
2001-Apple introduces portable music digital player called the ipod link
2003 Toyota unveils it’s first hybrid car link
2008 Bank of America bought Merrill Lynch who was in financial trouble link
No Child Left Behind Act is approved and signed into law link
North American Council for Online Learning, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing K-12 online education, is "launched as a formal corporate entity. link
Nature of Society & Culture
Communication
Barack Obama is elected as the 44th president of the United States of American making him the nations first African-American President link
Birth control patch invented by Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical. link
Phone tooth invented by James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau. link
Youtube, online video sharing community, was invented in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. link

18. References
Bellis, M. (n.d.). 20th century timeline. Retrieved August 3, 2010 from
Dede, C. (2010). The Next Wave, Part 2. Laureate Education, Inc.
Giscard d’Estain, Valerie-Anne & Young, Mark. (1993). Inventions and discoveries 1993: New York, New York: Facts On File, Inc.
Saettler, P. (2004). The evolution of american educational technology. Greenwich, Ct: Information Age Publishing.
Taylor, Ron. (1991). Journey through inventions. New York, NY: Smithmark Publishers Inc.
Thornburg, D. (2010). The Next Wave, Part 1, Laureate Education, Inc.
Toffler, Alvin. (1980). The Third Wave. New York, New York: Bantam.