This document provides a timeline of key events in the history of education and technology:
- Plato began a new movement in education in 389 BC and Gutenberg's printing of the Bible in 1635 began a new movement in society.
- In the late 19th/early 20th century, important developments included the first machine to print the alphabet in 1862, Marconi sending a radio signal across the Atlantic in 1901, and Grace Hopper coining the term "bug" for a computer fault in 1944.
- Major milestones from the late 20th century include the introduction of the personal computer by Apple in 1977, the launch of Microsoft Windows and AOL in 1985, and the introduction of smart boards in 1997