The History of Technology in Education By csmith526 30,000 BCE Cave Drawings 510 BCE Pythagoras Academy 105 Paper is Made in China 382 Manuscript Transcription 1450 Gutenberg Printing Press Period: 1600 to 1800 Public Education 1700 Blackboards 1700 Chalkboard slates 1800 Books Period: 1910 to 1940 Audio Visual Age 1920 Radio 1930 Film Strip Projector 1940 Overhead projector 1960 Television Period: 1960 to 1980 Information Age 1970 VCR and VHS Tape 1980 Audio Tape Period: 1990 to 1991 Computer Age 1991 First interactive SMART board 1995 The Digital Age 2000 Smart Response LE 2000 Smart Response PE 2000 Laptops 2000 Smart Response XE 2000 Document Camera Period: Jan 1, 2000 to Dec 31, 2000 Interactive Age