1. Toffler’s Wave Timeline 1900’s1910’s1920’s1930’s1940’s1950’s Toffler’s Waves Technological Advancements Business & Corporate Philosophies Educational Theories of Learning & Instruction Society & Culture American Presidential Terms Vacuum leaner, Electrocardiogr aph, Powered airplanes; Radio Receiver; X- Ray; Liquid Fuel Rocket; Parachute Television; Antibiotics; Insulin Jet Engine; ATMs; Computer; Nuclear Reactor; Microwave oven; Carbon Dating Credit Cards; Oral Contraceptives; VCR; Satellite Pavlov – Classical Conditioning; B.F.Skinner – Operant Conditioning Instructional Films introduced; Montessori School Opens; J. Bruner – Process of Ed Piaget – Theory of Cognitive Dev prevalent B.F. Skinner – Operant Conditioning prevalent; Overhead Projector introduced; Experience Based Learning promoted B.F. Skinner – Teaching Machine produced and distributed; PLATO Ed program created; Focus on National Data Collection; NAACP formed Large migration of Blacks from south; WWI; Flue epidemic Women Vote; Stock Market Crash; Depression Begins Roosevelt's New Deal; Social Security Act; Labor Acts; WWII Atomic Bomb; End of WWII; Baby Boom; MLB integrate; 1 st McDonald’s Korean War; Forced Integration; Frozen Dinner; Barbie Dolls Industrial Advancements; Standardization; Specialization; Synchronization; Concentration & Maximization; Corporations as entities American Industry dominate Global Market; Focus on Fossil Fuel Domination; Captialism advanced Slowed Industrial focus; Information Age Impact T.Roosevelt (R-NY) W. Taft (R-OH) W. Wilson (D-NJ) Calvin Coolidge (R-MA) H.Hoo ver (D - IA) F.Roosevelt (D-MO) H. Truman (D-MO) Eisenhower (R- KS) * Wave 2: Industrial Age Wave 3: Information Age

2. Timeline Title 1960’s1970’s1980’s1990’s2000’s Toffler’s Waves Technological Advancements Business & Corporate Philosophies Educational Theories of Learning & Instruction Society & Culture American Presidential Terms Laser; Light – emitting diode; Video Game Console Database Sys; Ethernet; Personal Computer; Mobile Phone Compact Discs; Internet; Geiger Counter World Wide Web; Wiki; Digital Audio Player Ipod, computer integration with education; Continuation of Computerized Lrng; Focus on Bruner’s – Discovery Lrng Focus on Experiential Lrng Model; Vygotsky – Social Dev Theory promoted H. Gardner – Multiple Intelligence; Focus on international academic ratings Brain based Learning & Coop & Distance Lrng; introduced; Focus on standards & assessments No Child Left Behind Standards Implemented; Strong focus on Digital integration Civil Rights Movement Progress Growing concern for environment; public corporate outrage Companies become multipurpose; More care shown for families & environment Manual & raw material jobs transferred to developing countries. Birth control advances; 1 st man on moon; Woodstock Roe v. Wade; Vietnam War Ends 1 st Woman Justice & Astronaut; Soviet Union collapsed; Family Leave Act Passed; OK City bombing; Columbine Virtual World advancements; 1 st Afr-Amer President; War on Terror Dot.com industry expands; Global trade & expansion promoted Dot.com bubble bursts; Corporate fraud/greed exposed; Focus on Conservative Economics L. Johnson (D-TX) * R.Ni xon (R CA) G. Ford (R- MI) J.Ca rter (D- GA) R. Regan (R-CA) GH Bus h (R TX) W Clinton (D-AR) GW Bush (R-TX) * Wave 3: Information Age

3. *Omitted Presidents Warren Harding (R) 1921 – 1923 John Kennedy (D-MA) 1961 – 1963 Barak Obama (D-IL) 2009 - Present