Educational Technology

1. HISTORY OF
EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY

2. • Tribal priests systemized bodies of knowledge,
and early cultures invented pictographs or sign
writing to record and transmit information

3.  In ancient Greece, the term “techne” was used to refer to the
process of applying knowledge systematically to the practical
art of instruction
 They formulated cognitive rules, systematically analyzed
subject matter designed instructional technologies and
devised effective instructional materials

4.  Edward Thorndike, who formulated the scientific
theory of learning, and John Dewey, were contributors
in the formulation of the scientific method,
respectively.
 Thorndike gave emphasis to the use of empirical
investigation as a basis for an organized process of
learning
 Dewey introduced a method of instruction in terms
scientific method in broad terms

5. The 19th Century paved in the advent of effective
technological development including the production of
textbooks, use of blackboards and improvements in writing
implements like pen and ink
Photography was invented, giving a way to a movement
called “Visual Instruction”

6. By 1920, visual media became widely accepted
In 1932, the first instructional television program was aired
at the State University of Iowa
First Electronic Computers---1940s
Minicomputers---1960s
Microcomputers---1970s
Microcomputer Systems---1980s
Internet---1990s

8. Ice Age
cave
paintings
in Altamira,
Spain

10. 1453
Johannes
Gutenberg (1400-
1468) – the first
printing press

11.  Gutenberg
Bible
 New York
Public Library
 Brought by
James Lenox in
1847
 It was the first
copy to be
acquired by the
United States

12.  Founding
of the first
public
school in
the US
 Boston
Latin
School

13.  Christopher
Latham
Sholes (1819-
1890)
 Buffalo
History
Museum

14.  Guglielmo Marconi
 Sent the first radio transmission across the
Atlantic

19.  1971, Intel develops 4004, the first microprocessor chip
 Altair sold in 1975, the first personal computer. It is a kit
that must be assembled
 Apple Computer is formed in 1976 and sells 50 Apple I
 1972-Now Microcomputer Revolution Begins

20.  Steve Jobs and
Steve Wosniak
 Ronald Wayne
(iPad, iPhone,
iMac – present)

25.  Charles Ranlett
Flint
 Computing-
Tabulating-
Recording
Company, and later
on called IBM
(International
Business Machines)

26.  Michael S.
Dell

27.  William
Henry “Bill”
Gates III
 Launched
the first
version of
MS Windows
on
November
20, 1985
 Partnership
with IBM

29.  interactive
whiteboard, a
computer, a projector
and whiteboarding
software - either
Smart Notebook
collaborative learning
software for
education, or Smart
Meeting Pro software
for business

32. ACTIVITY:
 Work in three’s
 Discuss the future of technology in
Education as it is applied in your future
careers or