A Celebration ofTechnology inEducation1801 - 2012 Compiled by Komal Gandhi, 2012.

1801: Invention of the BlackboardJames Pillans, headmaster of the Old High School of Edinburgh,Scotland, is widely credited for inventing the blackboard and coloredchalk, which he used to teach geography. They became green in the Well highlighted in socialcommentary 1884: Invention of Fountain PenThe first practical version of the fountain pen was produced in 1884 bythe American inventor L.E. Waterman. Late 1800s creation of lead pencil 1910 spirit duplicator machineDavid Gestetner created his machine in 1910 and they were widelyused in schools until the late 1970s. 1914 Multiple Choice Test InventedThe Kansas Silent Reading Test (1914-1915) is the earliest knownpublished multiple-choice test, developed by Frederick J. Kelly, a Kansasschool director. Kelly created the test to reduce "time and effort" in 1925 the creation of television1956 saw the introduction of mainstream broadcast television inAustralia, with Bruce Gyngells famous quote, Good evening, andwelcome to television 1938/41 the creation of the Biro In 1941 the Br brothers and a friend, Juan Jorge Meyne, filed a patent and formed Br Pens of Argentina. The new design was licensed by the British, who produced ball point pens for RAF aircrew, who found these pens worked 1950 The Overhead Projector The first version of the overhead projector was created in 1940 but it was Roger Appledorn who in the early 1960s is credited with the device as we know it today in 1960. It was entrenched in classes in 1956 first video tape recorderApril 14 1956 Ampex demonstrated its first video tape recorder. 1958 Liquid PaperDeveloped 1960 Whiteboard invented Claridge Products was the first company to manufacture the porcelain whiteboard. It wasnt until mid-1990s the whiteboard started to be adopted on a larger scale in Australian schools 1962 first Compact Cassettetape Philips creates the first Compact Cassette tape which, between the 1970s to 90s was one of two most common audio recording formats. 1971 first floppy disc is available In 1986 the 1.44 format was introduced. 1972 first commercial calculatorcreated 1973 first mobile phonecall1973: The worlds first mobile phone call is made, byMotorolas Martin Cooper, on this prototype analogue 1975 colour television hits Australia 1977 the introduction of VHS The VCR entered Australia via Beta in 1975, but it was the VHS technology that won out. By 1984, 26% of families had a VCR. By 1997 the VCR had spread to 87% of households. 1978 first WalkmanThe prototype was built in 1978 by audio-division engineer NobutoshiKihara for Sony co-chairman Akio Morita, who wanted to be able tolisten to operas on his trans-Pacific business flights. It was launched 1982 first CD playerOctober 1982 first CDP101 released in USA. On 2 March 1983 CD playersand discs were launched in the US and other markets this was referred toas the Big Bang of the digital audio revolution. 1983 - Mobile phonesdevelopment 1984 Apple Maclaunched 1985 first production of CD ROMPhilips and Sony both developed the technology. 1988 Scantronics first marking system 1992 Windows 3.1 launched 1993 first commercialSMS system sold 1994 first version of WoWlaunchedWith 10.2 million subscribers as of December 2011, WoW is theworlds largest Massively Multiple Online-Player Game (MMOPG).We have students waking up in the middle of the night to play the 1994 first consumer-leveldigital cameraThe Apple QuickTake 100 was launched in 1994 and was the first toconnect to the home computer via a serial cable. 1995 Windows 95 LaunchedIncluded Internet Explorer a web browser 1996 Google is launched 1998 Interactive WhiteboardsintroducedSmartboard introduces its information management software andits Smart notebook 2.0 software. 1999 Wi-Fi AllianceFormed 2000 first USB flash drive 2001 the iPod is introduced 2003 Skype was foundedSkype was purchased by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5billion. 2004 launch of FacebookMark Zuckerberg cofounded Facebook in 2004. Facebook allows anyusers who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to becomeregistered users of the site. By September 22 2011, Facebook had 2005 YouTube launchedIn 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65Billion 2007 the first iPhone released 1 000 000th word enters EnglishLanguage on June 10, 2009 2010 the first iPad is introduced 2010 document cameras inclassrooms 2010 Kinect launchedAfter selling a total of 8 million units in its first 60 days, the Kinectholds the Guinness World Record of being the fastest sellingconsumer electronics device. 2011 Broadband Global StatsAverage advertised broadband download speed, by country, kbit/s, September 2011180 000160 000 Average advertised broadband download speed, kbit/s* Median140 000120 000100 000 80 000 60 000 40 000 20 000 2012 Google Glasses tobe launchedTheres something VERY big about to happen and its thisyear! 2014 possible launch of new radio bandwidth systemMarch 1, 2012 Scientists demo radio wave"twisting" to increase bandwidth Lets be aware and considerate! By age 21, boys in USA have spent 10 000 hours on computergames. Computers will be on par with human intelligence by 2029. The percentage of our waking time spent alone increased by Our schools are forcing more academic content ontoAustralian14% to three hours a day:youngeryearsof StatisticsBureau Girls are presumed to be better at literacy and so thisexpectation becomes self-fulfilling especially in co-educationclasses. In the early years a boys maturity is commonly aligned to ayear below girls of the same age Boys are more likely to be deemed behaviour problems, andmuch more likely to be considered as having ADHD Girls are more rehearsed in the appropriateness of answeringquestions, and so are more likely to be asked for answers Boys in co-education classes are more acutely aware of not Why do we educate?Pass on cultural andsocialvalues, traditions, morali ty, religion and skills to the next generation.Or is it to get a goodjob? What is our intention?For what are we aiming? Did You Know?If you are one in a million in China, there are 1300 people like you. Chinawill soon be the number one English speaking country in the world.The 25% of Indias population with the highest IQs is greater than the totalpopulation of the USA. India has more honours kids than America haskids!The top ten in demand jobs in 2010 didnt exist in 2004 - we are preparingstudents for jobs that dont yet exist.Todays learner will have 10-14 jobs by the age of 38.1 out of 8 couples married in America in 2008 met online.Facebook has over 800 million registered users if it were a country, it would be the 3RD largest in the world!There are 31 billion searches on Google every month. Change is the onlyconstantWe believe if we duck the pendulum it will miss and return and miss and return. We can keep our common ground. Some problems existIf we are seeking a traditional approach fill thebrain approach we are stifling progressbecause it is based on what we know, which is Problems with theclassroomWe box in learners and make them think school learning onlyhappens inside the box. We have subject silos and we miss seeingconnections. Problems with the systemThe Age Cage (one day can be the difference) and the way we bookend learning not seeing it as life-long. NAPLAN or NAPALM!? The Australian SATs There is a difference performer vs learner We need balance.High-stake testing robs us ofbreadth.And disengages learners and teachers! We are not improving!Why?First world countries have not seen any increases in standardised testscores for literacy, numeracy and science since the mid 1960s. Mental health 1 in 5 One in four Australians aged 1624 years had experienced some mental health disorder in the previous twelve months. In the estimates of disease burden for 2010, mental disorders account for about half of the burden in these young people. Diabetes in Australia - rising 552 million people could have diabetes by 2030 From:AP November 14, 2011 10:01PM THE International Diabetes Federation predicts that one in 10 adults could have diabetes by 2030, according to their latest statistics. Overweight and growing Eating fruit and vegetables Our perception can lead us astray Do we teach thinking? Dr Jamie McKenzie provides insight that on average adults remember only two teachers who taught them to think.Alphabet= Alpha Beta Education Revolution? There is a changingparadigm much biggerthan Teaching Flip Learning Makes SenseYou set tutorials and concepts via tutorials to bestudied at home and then support greaterunderstanding via lessons and teacher/tutor/peer Our world is different andchanging Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million:Radio 38 years | Television 13 years | Internet 4years Is this it? Social Learning we connect Birth and Location is no longer thecompass of your future!The box is broken. Thank you.