A Celebration of Technology in Education

1801 - 2012
Compiled by Zain Nabi Khan, 2012.

1801: Invention of the Blackboard

James Pillans, headmaster of the Old High School of Edinburgh, Scotland, is widely credited for inventing the blackboard and colored chalk, which he used to teach geography. They became green in the

Well highlighted in social commentary

1884: Invention of Fountain Pen

The first practical version of the fountain pen was produced in 1884 by the American inventor L.E. Waterman.

Late 1800s creation of lead pencil

1910 spirit duplicator machine

David Gestetner created his machine in 1910 and they were widely used in schools until the late 1970s.

1914 Multiple Choice Test Invented

The Kansas Silent Reading Test (1914-1915) is the earliest known published multiple-choice test, developed by Frederick J. Kelly, a Kansas school director. Kelly created the test to reduce "time and effort" in

1925 the creation of television

1956 saw the introduction of mainstream broadcast television in Australia, with Bruce Gyngells famous quote, Good evening, and welcome to television

1938/41 the creation of the Biro

In 1941 the Br brothers and a friend, Juan Jorge Meyne, filed a patent and formed Br Pens of Argentina. The new design was licensed by the British, who produced ball point pens for RAF aircrew, who found these pens worked

1950 The Overhead Projector

The first version of the overhead projector was created in 1940 but it was Roger Appledorn who in the early 1960s is credited with the device as we know it today in 1960. It was entrenched in classes in

1956 first video tape recorder

April 14 1956 Ampex demonstrated its first video tape recorder.

1958 Liquid Paper Developed

1960 Whiteboard invented

Claridge Products was the first company to manufacture the porcelain whiteboard. It wasnt until mid-1990s the whiteboard started to be adopted on a larger scale in Australian schools

1962 first Compact Cassette tape

Philips creates the first Compact Cassette tape which, between the 1970s to 90s was one of two most common audio recording formats.

1971 first floppy disc is available

In 1986 the 1.44 format was introduced.

1972 first commercial calculator created

1973 first mobile phone call

1973: The world's first mobile phone call is made, by Motorola's Martin Cooper, on this prototype analogue

1975 colour television hits Australia

1977 the introduction of VHS

The VCR entered Australia via Beta in 1975, but it was the VHS technology that won out. By 1984, 26% of families had a VCR. By 1997 the VCR had spread to 87% of households.

1978 first Walkman

The prototype was built in 1978 by audio-division engineer Nobutoshi Kihara for Sony co-chairman Akio Morita, who wanted to be able to listen to operas on his trans-Pacific business flights. It was launched

1982 first CD player

October 1982 first CDP101 released in USA. On 2 March 1983 CD players and discs were launched in the US and other markets this was referred to as the Big Bang of the digital audio revolution.

1983 - Mobile phones development

1984 Apple Mac launched

1985 first production of CD ROM

Philips and Sony both developed the technology.

1988 Scantronics first marking system

1992 Windows 3.1 launched

1993 first commercial SMS system sold

1994 first version of WoW launched

With 10.2 million subscribers as of December 2011, WoW is the worlds largest Massively Multiple Online-Player Game (MMOPG). We have students waking up in the middle of the night to play the

1994 first consumer-level digital camera

The Apple QuickTake 100 was launched in 1994 and was the first to connect to the home computer via a serial cable.

1995 Windows 95 Launched

Included Internet Explorer a web browser

1996 Google is launched

1998 Interactive Whiteboards introduced

Smartboard introduces its information management software and its Smart notebook 2.0 software.

1999 Wi-Fi Alliance Formed

2000 first USB flash drive

2001 the iPod is introduced

2003 Skype was founded

Skype was purchased by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion.

2004 launch of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg cofounded Facebook in 2004. Facebook allows any users who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to become registered users of the site. By September 22 2011, Facebook had

2005 YouTube launched

In 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 Billion

2007 the first iPhone released

1 000 000th word enters English Language on June 10, 2009

2010 the first iPad is introduced

2010 document cameras in classrooms

2010 Kinect launched

After selling a total of 8 million units in its first 60 days, the Kinect holds the Guinness World Record of being the fastest selling consumer electronics device.

2011 Broadband Global Stats

Average advertised broadband download speed, by country, kbit/s, September 2011 180 000 160 000 Average advertised broadband download speed, kbit/s* 140 000 Median

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2012 Google Glasses to be launched

Theres something VERY big about to happen and its this year!

2014 possible launch of new radio bandwidth system

March 1, 2012 Scientists demo radio wave "twisting" to increase bandwidth

Lets be aware and considerate!

By age 21, boys in USA have spent 10 000 hours on computer games. Computers will be on par with human intelligence by 2029. The percentage of our waking time spent alone increased by Our schools are forcing more academic content ontoAustralian younger 14% to three hours a day: Bureau yearsof Statistics Girls are presumed to be better at literacy and so this expectation becomes self-fulfilling especially in co-education classes. In the early years a boys maturity is commonly aligned to a year below girls of the same age Boys are more likely to be deemed behaviour problems, and much more likely to be considered as having ADHD Girls are more rehearsed in the appropriateness of answering questions, and so are more likely to be asked for answers Boys in co-education classes are more acutely aware of not

Why do we educate?
Pass on cultural and social values, traditions, morality, religion and skills to the next generation. Or is it to get a good job?

What is our intention? For what are we aiming?

Did You Know?

If you are one in a million in China, there are 1300 people like you. China will soon be the number one English speaking country in the world.
The 25% of Indias population with the highest IQs is greater than the total population of the USA. India has more honours kids than America has kids! The top ten in demand jobs in 2010 didnt exist in 2004 - we are preparing students for jobs that dont yet exist. Todays learner will have 10-14 jobs by the age of 38. 1 out of 8 couples married in America in 2008 met online.

Facebook has over 800 million registered users if it were a country, it would be the 3RD largest in the world!
There are 31 billion searches on Google every month.

Change is the only constant

We believe if we duck the pendulum it will miss and return and miss and return. We can keep our common ground.

Some problems exist

If we are seeking a traditional approach fill the brain approach we are stifling progress because it is based on what we know, which is

Problems with the classroom

We box in learners and make them think school learning only happens inside the box. We have subject silos and we miss seeing connections.

Problems with the system

The Age Cage (one day can be the difference) and the way we book end learning not seeing it as life-long.

NAPLAN or NAPALM!? The Australian SATs

There is a difference performer vs learner

We need balance. High-stake testing robs us of breadth.

And disengages learners and teachers!

We are not improving! Why?

First world countries have not seen any increases in standardised test scores for literacy, numeracy and science since the mid 1960s.

Mental health 1 in 5
One in four Australians aged 1624 years had experienced some mental health disorder in the previous twelve months. In the estimates of disease burden for 2010, mental disorders account for about half of the burden in these young people.

Diabetes in Australia rising

552 million people could have diabetes by 2030

From:AP November 14, 2011 10:01PM

THE International Diabetes Federation predicts that one in 10 adults could have diabetes by 2030, according to their latest statistics.

Overweight and growing

Eating fruit and vegetables

Our perception can lead us astray

Do we teach thinking?
Dr Jamie McKenzie provides insight that on average adults remember only two teachers who taught them to think.

Alphabet = Alpha Beta

Education Revolution?

There is a changing paradigm much bigger than Teaching

Flip Learning Makes Sense

You set tutorials and concepts via tutorials to be studied at home and then support greater understanding via lessons and teacher/tutor/peer

Our world is different and changing

Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million: Radio 38 years | Television 13 years | Internet 4 years

Is this it?

Social Learning we connect

Birth and Location is no longer the compass of your future! The box is broken.

Thank you.