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Classrooms have come a long way. There’s been an exponential growth in educational technology advancement over the past few years. From overhead projectors, to SMARTBOARDS, to iPads, we’ve certainly come a long way but some things seem hauntingly similar to many years ago. For example, Thomas Edison said in 1925 that “books will soon be obsolete in schools. Scholars will soon be instructed through the eye.” I’m pretty sure this is exactly what people are saying these days about the iPad.
1890 – Chalkboard
1900 – Pencil
1925 – Film Projector
1925 – Radio
1930 – Overhead Projector
1940 – Ballpoint Pen
1940 – Mimeograph
1950 – Headphones
1951 – Videotapes
Does anyone still have a VCR?
1958 – Educational Television
1959 – Photocopier
1965 – Filmstrip Viewer
1970 – The Hand-Held Calculator
1972 – Scantron
1980 – Plato Computer
1985 – Hand-Held Graphing Calculator
1999 – Interactive Whiteboard
2005 – iClicker
2006 – XO Laptop
2010 – Apple iPad
APPS, Google Docs, Facebook, Twitter, SKYPE, Blogging, Podcasting, Etc.
Just like the original school slate, could the iPad bring Thomas Edison’s statement to life? Could the iPad make it so “scholars will soon be instructed through the eye.” Only time will tell.
Please choose a prompt to respond to for our students..
What do you remember to be considered technology in your classroom growing up?
Would you like to be a student now... why or why not?
Can you imagine creating a facebook page for a major character in a novel you are reading in English class and then having to update that page daily as if you were that character?
What about blogging with your peers about the daily lessons?
How about skyping with the famous figure in which you are writing a report about?
