How technology in schools has evolved
The early 1920s were the years of the one-room schoolhouse. A few years later, in 1923, classrooms began incorporating radios into their lessons. By 1933, 52 percent of schools were using silent films, while three percent were already using films with sound. In 1939, the first TV was used in a classroom. During the 1950s and 60s, headphones and chalkboards began to be used in classrooms. In 1964, BASIC was developed to give students an easy-to-learn programming language. Then, in 1967, the handheld calculator was developed by Texas Instruments. In 1972, Scantrons were first used to automatically…