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This website displays a series of audio-visual resources regarding the history of technology from different perspectives. There are some that are more relevant for our purpose and others that could just be informative. Here I list the ones, that in my opinion are worth to see, and a brief description of each one. * Old compact computer advert: If you just want hear a quick joke about how and old computer is compared to fish, you should watch * Peter Hirshberg: the web and TV a sibling rivalry: A more elaborate talk in a conference in 2007. The speaker describes in 31 minutes how TV and technology have been connected in the past 60 years. He addresses the issue from various perspectives (entertainment and financially) and how computers were developed for a specific purpose after War World II. Additionally, he describes briefly the evolution of computers and TVs in the past years. * Internet in 1994: It displays some uses of Internet as a resourceful tool for marketing, shopping, accessing information, interact and much more. * The next generation: It is a simple, sort of power point, presentation with captions regarding some important event in the history of computers. * Museum of Technology in Berlin * Early technology TV programs. * The Microsoft Way: information regarding the history of this company.

Highlights the history/tools of education

Interesting that this infographic includes history of computer science. Every time I look into tech in the classroom, I wonder at the disconnect between edtech and CS.

A first draft article by Daniel K. Schneider about technology in education. He talks about a short history in section 4.

Great short history as well as how educational technology correlates with existing instructional practices.

This is a great summary of the history of educational technology

YES! Saw this today. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting, and concise, presentation on the historical development of technology in the classroom.

This article provides a great historical synopsis of computers in education but the conclusion on page 10 sums it up nicely. For the past 15 years since I have been in a public education system I am constantly feeling like I'm behind the "8 ball' when it comes to technology because its use and constant changes are ever demanding.

A great graphic aid of "learning machines" from the 17th century to present. The most interesting anology is that of the IPad and the slate. Technology making a 360!!

I thought this gave a good overview of a timeline for technology in classrooms. One fact that stood out to me was that in 1984 in public schools, there was an average of 1 computer for every 92 students and in 2008, it was 1 computer to every 4 students.

A timeline history of classroom technology, from the writing slate to the electronic tablet.

Now, this is another timeline but it focuses in the last decades on how tech has been used in education. It ends in 2007, and the next heading is "2008 and beyond..." How cool is that we can already write the history under that heading!!

I actually watched each of the presentations (I only bookmarked the first) because they were all so entertaining and thought-provoking. I especially like the history of technology (e.g. oral to writing to print) and the threats each was perceived to have on the previous. I wonder if showing these to teachers might introduce our county's "21st century learning" initiative and the need for the "less than willing" to embrace constantly changing technology.

This article includes quotes from pioneers of educational/instructional technology from the 1970s. Seems there were many different opinions, even then.

This is a video that goes through the different phases of technology use in Education. It is an advertisement for Smart equipment, but it's still an interesting short video

I noticed that the commonality over time was the users ingenuity in how he interfaced with the given resources.

Nice find. Interesting how they showed the digital age in 1995 with people connecting all over the world, but then back in the classroom in 2000 with smartboards not really used to connect with others. In the video, it doesn't look like the smartboard is changing the classroom dynamic of teacher-centered learning.

This slideshow shows how people can be resistant to change.

This video has some great primary source visuals, which illustrate the ed tech over time

I like the visuals in this video. It really shows how far we've come.

This is a great video that describes the needs of students as learners. It allows viewers to understand that the way students once learned may not work for students in the present moment.

This is a video of how education continues to change in the United States of America.

Since the early 1980s, advances in computer technology have transformed how we communicate, entertain ourselves, work and even learn.

Amusing little video that goes through a cartoon timeline of the technology used in classroom pre-historic up to present day.

One of my faves. Thanks for sharing it!

This article, published in 1996, discusses how using the "World Wide Web" in the classroom can provide multiple historical perspectives and access to thousands of primary source documents. The downsides? The speed of downloading and finding quality websites.