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This was a pretty cool site I stumbled upon. It gives a pretty general overview of major technological advances in a particular year. Who knew that Hewlett Packard was founded in 1939 and produced a device that Disney used for sound effects in the movie "Fantasia" in 1940?! And that the "Speak and Spell" was invented in my birth year of 1978. The timeline stops at 1994 for some reason. Interesting nonetheless!

An excellant referance source. This site includes a compendium of articles from the "Journal of Technology" and the "Journal of Industrial Teacher Education."

A powerpoint looking at the different influences to technology in schools

I love how comprehensive this one is Viv! And it actually allows you to see in a time line how fast the we've advanced in a relatively short period of time!!

This is just a cool ensemble of pictures of what it would be now considered "old technology"... It reminds me so much of my ESL students doing their state test last year... There was a picture of a typing machine in the test and to my surprise none of them knew what it was... most of them wrote "a kind of very old computer" he he... Well, maybe it is!!

It amazes me that "old technology" includes items from just 5 years ago!

I know!!! Tech is advancing so fast, it makes us feel even older than we are!! :P

Very detailed but concise timeline of every event related to technology in several fields... I loved they mention of one of my fav movies: "1999: The release of the movie "The Matrix" once again steps up the computer generated graphics technology field." Always thought movies have played an important role in the advance of technology... Movies make people dream about things that are not inspired by our daily lives...

I am amazed at how much was developed in such a short space of time. I am also impressed that Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first "Head of State" to write an email message..... and whatever happened to Netscape!!!

Editor's Note: Today's guest blogger is Shelly Blake-Plock a high school classroom teacher from Maryland, who blogs at teachpaperless.com. Drool in the textbook. That's one of my most lasting impressions of high school. I can't tell you the number of times that I fell asleep -- face down in my textbook -- during various history and foreign language classes.

I created this timeline for an Education Law course last year - it includes stats for edtech in school.

This is a video that identifies the major tech advancements of the 60's 80's and 2000's.

Another evolution of classroom technology infographic. I like the categories it uses: writing, A/V, digital & social media.

This graphic has some fascinating statistics about the explosion of technology in the classroom after the internet became popular.

Interesting thoughts from someone who was involved with edtech early on. "Educational technology is good at conquering the constraints of time and space that are fundamental to distance education and largely irrelevant to live teaching."

WOW! I know that this is not all educational but it does show why educators need to be open to change... as it is coming!

Great visual timeline of instructional technology with informative quotes. I think that it is interesting to note that technology is not driven by education but rather changes in technology drive education.

The predicting the future quotes are telling. Makes me want to find more info highlighting the edtech pioneers and their predictions of the future.

A report from the White House giving would-be ed tech developers hints for success (and a reality check about what they face).

This site shows how the definition of Ed Tech has changed sinced the 60's.

Nice find - very helpful in seeing the evolution.

This is a thorough timeline that shows the developoment of Ed Tech from the BC era to a projection into the future.

Lots of great quotes in this article. I also like that it incorporates impact of learning theory on edtech: objectivism, behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism & postmodernism.

There are a lot of interesting bits of information in this article. It is interesting that the author discusses why changes in education have taken place. I haven't considered war as a driving force behind educational reform before. It is also interesting to learn that the University of Phoenix is the largest university. This article is a great find!

The stats in this 1997 policy information report are fascinating. I would love to see what they are 15 years later.

Technology has evolved into a vast field of capabilities. This site has comparisons of the past and the present. The slide show really gives you that concept of evolution.