Technology in the classrooms has come a long way over the decades and centuries. Technology has grown a lot from projectors to ipads, its good to know whats coming next but also to know where everything started. In 1925, Thomas Edison stated: "Books will soon be obsolete in schools. Scholars will soon be instructed through the eye." This is true to today's society and technology as it is incorporated into the classrooms. In 1890, the school slate was created. This was basically a mini chalkboard that each student in the class had one and as the teacher taught, the students could do practice problems and then show how they got their answers. Also in 1890, the chalkboard itself was invented and still to this day, it is still being used across the globe. Then in 1900, the pencil was created, by creating the pencil students could use paper and get more work done on a piece of paper rather than a mini chalkboard, with paper and pencil they would be able to take home their work and use it for examples on homework.
I believe by having these items and many more from prior centuries and decades, we are still adding to the technology aspect of education. Many things have been created to help students learn in the classroom and outside of the classroom. By having all these technologies students can incorporate their own style to learning and have loads of information at their finger tips. I believe if we continue at this rate of producing technologies, it is or might be possible that teachers will just be in the classroom as extra help while a computer teaches the classroom and classwork.
http://edudemic.com/2011/04/classroom-technology/
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