1. Evolution of Educational Technology Time Line

2. STRAND 1

3. AGRICULTURAL AGE 1600 ➢ Family tied to land ➢ Little mobility ➢ Family business was agriculture ➢ Transportation was on foot or horseback ➢ Communication was face to face ➢ Education was oral and limited ➢ Classes were multiage groups ➢ http://www.skypoint.net/members/mfinley/toffler.htm http://www.skypoint.net/members/mfinley/toffler.htm

4. INDUSTRIAL AGE 1750 ➢ Families were nuclear ➢ Factories were main business ➢ Topdown beauracracies ➢ Automobiles and trains were main transportation ➢ Education was through books, videos, and film ➢ Students were grouped by ages ➢ http://www.criticalthink.info/Phil1301/Wave3lec.htm http://www.criticalthink.info/Phil1301/Wave3lec.htm

5. INFORMATION AGE 1950 ➢ Single parent, blended, and childless families ➢ Business and work characterized by collaboration, teamwork, computers, cell phones, flexible hours and locations ➢ Automobiles, planes for transportation ➢ Education is digital- hyperkids, and Internet ➢ http://www.criticalthink.info/Phil1301/Wave3lec.htm http://www.criticalthink.info/Phil1301/Wave3lec.htm

6. COMMUNICATION AGE ➢ Defined by Internet ➢ Increased capacity of collaboration and communication ➢ Creativity ➢ http://www.worldtrans.org/whole/fourthwave.html http://www.worldtrans.org/whole/fourthwave.html

7. STRAND 2

8. STRAND 3

9. STRAND 4

10. STRAND 5

11. STRAND 6