A celebration of Technology in Education

1. A Celebration of
Technology in
Education 1801 - 2012
Compiled by Komal Gandhi, 2012.

2. 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

3. Well highlighted in social
commentary

4. 1884: Invention of Fountain
Pen
The first practical version of the fountain pen was produced in 1884 by
the American inventor L.E. Waterman.

5. Late 1800s – creation of lead
pencil

6. 1910 – spirit duplicator machine
David Gestetner created his machine in 1910 and they were widely
used in schools until the late 1970s.

7. 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

8. 1925 – the creation of television
1956 saw the introduction of mainstream broadcast television in
Australia, with Bruce Gyngell‟s famous quote, “Good evening, and
welcome to television”

9. 1938/41 – the creation of the Biro
In 1941 the Bíró brothers and a friend, Juan Jorge Meyne, filed a patent and
formed Bíró Pens of Argentina. The new design was licensed by the British,
who produced ball point pens for RAF aircrew, who found these pens worked

10. 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

11. 1956 – first video tape recorder
April 14 1956 Ampex demonstrated its first video tape recorder.

12. 1958 – Liquid Paper
Developed

13. 1960 Whiteboard invented
Claridge Products was the first company to manufacture the
porcelain whiteboard. It wasn‟t until mid-1990s the whiteboard
started to be adopted on a larger scale in Australian schools

14. 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.

15. 1971 – first floppy disc is available
In 1986 the 1.44 format was introduced.

16. 1972 – first commercial calculator
created

17. 1973 – first mobile phone
call
1973: The world's first mobile phone call is made, by
Motorola's Martin Cooper, on this prototype analogue

18. 1975 – colour television hits
Australia

19. 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.

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 1983 - Mobile phones
development

23. 1984 – Apple Mac
launched

24. 1985 – first production of CD
ROM
Philips and Sony both developed the technology.

25. 1988 – Scantronics first
marking system

26. 1992 – Windows 3.1
launched

27. 1993 – first commercial
SMS system sold

28. 1994 – first version of WoW
launched
With 10.2 million subscribers as of December 2011, WoW is the
world‟s largest Massively Multiple Online-Player Game (MMOPG).
We have students waking up in the middle of the night to play the

29. 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.

30. 1995 – Windows 95
Launched
Included Internet Explorer – a web browser

31. 1996 – Google is launched

32. 1998– Interactive Whiteboards
introduced
Smartboard introduces its information management software and
its Smart notebook 2.0 software.

33. 1999 – Wi-Fi Alliance
Formed

34. 2000 – first USB flash drive

35. 2001 – the iPod is
introduced

36. 2003 – Skype was founded
Skype was purchased by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5
billion.

37. 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

38. 2005 – YouTube launched
In 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65
Billion

39. 2007 – the first iPhone released

40. 1 000 000th word enters English
Language on June 10, 2009

41. 2010 – the first iPad is introduced

42. 2010 – document cameras in
classrooms

43. 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‟.

44. 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* Median
140 000
120 000
100 000
80 000
60 000
40 000
20 000

45. 2012 – Google Glasses to
be launched
There‟s something VERY big about to happen – and it‟s this
year!

46. 2014 – possible launch of
new radio bandwidth
system
March 1, 2012 Scientists demo radio wave
"twisting" to increase bandwidth

47. Let‟s 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
14% to three hours a day: younger
yearsof Statistics
Bureau
• 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 boy‟s 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

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

49. What is our intention?
For what are we aiming?

50. 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 India‟s 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 didn‟t exist in 2004 - we are preparing
students for jobs that don‟t yet exist.
Today‟s 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.

51. 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.

52. 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

53. 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.

54. 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.

55. NAPLAN or NAPALM!?
The Australian SATs

56. There is a difference –
performer vs learner

57. We need balance.
High-stake testing robs us of
breadth.
And disengages learners… and teachers!

58. 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 1960‟s.

59. Mental health – 1 in 5
One in four Australians aged 16–24
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.

60. 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.

61. Overweight and growing

62. Eating fruit and vegetables

63. Our perception can lead us
astray

64. 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

65. Education Revolution?

66. There is a changing
paradigm – much bigger
than „Teaching‟

67. 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

68. 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

69. Is this it?

70. Social Learning – we
connect

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

72. Thank you.