Technological Influences in Education Timeline

By dleidholt

  • Television Use in the Classroom

    Television Use in the Classroom
    Although TV's began getting used in classroom earlier than the 1980's, it was the mid 80's that VHS gave teachers more freedom and less set up on what to choose and show in their classrooms.

  • Nintendo Entertainment System

    Nintendo Entertainment System
    In 1986, Nintendo gave the U.S. a wide release of its new system. Students all over the country were intrigued and the gaming industry has grown enormously since then.

  • Notebook Style Laptops Are Created

    Notebook Style Laptops Are Created
    1988 introduced portable laptops that are still very popular today, and used by many students regularly.

  • Classroom Usage of Desktop PC's

    Classroom Usage of Desktop PC's
    It was the late 80's that saw an explosion in the popularity of desktops PC's getting used in the classroom.

  • Educational Desktop Games

    Educational Desktop Games
    Although being created much earlier, it wasn't until 1990 that educational computer games were more heavily used in the classroom. Games like Oregon Trail and Number Munchers were used to help reinforce learning.

  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web
    Although first introduced in 1989, the world wide web began to be heavily used by the public in 1993.

  • Social Media

    For better or for worse, social media begins to get popular online with a short lived site called Six Degrees.

  • YouTube

    YouTube
    Still a classroom staple, YouTube began in 2005.

  • Facebook

    Facebook
    Facebook was one of the first internet based social media sites to gain popularity and is used by nearly one third of every person on the planet.

  • Smart Phone

    Smart Phone
    Cell phones had been around for decades, but it was the iPhone that created a new breed of phone that are used by students all over the world.

  • iPad

    iPad
    In 2010, Apple created the iPad and it is now used in classroom all over the world.

  • TikTok

    TikTok
    TikTok began in China, and now has billions of people using its platform to share videos.

  • Covid-19

    Covid-19
    Covid-19 forced a change in the way classrooms teach that is still being felt today.

  • Chat GPT

    Chat GPT
    Started by Open AI, Chat GPT is one of the first popular AI to be used widely by the public.

  • Future AI

    A few years from now, AI is likely to help teachers run their classrooms and aid in student learning to a much higher degree than currently utilized.