Digital Timeline of Toffler’s Wave
Theory
Taranah Page
EDUC-7100-2/EDUC-8840-2 Evolution of Educational Technology in Society,
Education, and the Workplace
December 15, 2011
Revised February 2012
Strand 1
Toffler’s Wave Theory
Agricultural Age
1600-1750
Large, extended families
Found land and settled, began domesticating animals and herding
cattle
The children were typically homeschooled by someone in the family
Industrial Age
1750-1950
Families become nuclear
People moved into larger cities
Standardized materials were created and mass production became a
reality
Information Age
1950-2000
One Parent families are common, both parents work outside the home
Technologies advance: automobiles, computers, cell phones and
Internet become common in most households
Communication Age
2000-Current
One parent families still common, Both parents work outside the
home still common as well
The ability to collaborate and communicate with others using
technology
Digital classrooms, online classes/schools are extremely common
Resources:
Dede, C (Speaker), (2008). The Next Wave, Part 2. Laureate
Education, Inc.
Thornburg, D. (Speaker), (2008). The Next Wave, Part 1. Laureate
Education, Inc.
Toffler, Alvin (1980). The Third Wave. New York: Bantam Books
Cambridge University Press.
Strand 2
Key technological advances and
innovations for each decade
1900-1910
1900-- George Eastman makes first portable camera that's
affordable and open to the public
1901-Electric typewriter is invented
1903- Orville and Wilbur Wright take the first test flight in their
plane at Kitty Hawk, NC
1904-The answering machine is invented
1905-The first Yellow Pages is invented
1906-An animated cartoon is created
1907-The Lamiere brothers create still color photography
1909- First subject on radio talk is about woman's suffrage
1910-1920
1910-Thomas Edison invented the first talking motion picture
1911-Curtiss invented the first Air Conditioner
1911-Kettering invented the first self starter for the automobile
1915-AT&T invented the first long distant radio phone
1919-Charles Strite invents the first pop up toaster
1920-1930
1920-The first commercial radio broadcast is made
1923-Garrett A. Morgan invents the traffic signal
1925-John L. Baird invented the mechanical television
1927- Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across
the Atlantic Ocean
1930-1940
1930-Vannevar Bush at MIT invented the "differential analyzer",
or analog computer
1932-Edward H. Land invented the Polaroid
1933-Edwin H. Armstrong created the Frequency Modulation
(FM)
1934- Joseph Begun invents the first tape recorder for
broadcasting - first magnetic recording
1936- Bell Labs invents the voice recognition machine
1940-1950
1940- Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system
1941- Konrad Zuse's Z3, the first computer controlled by software
1942-John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic
digital computer
1944-William Kolff invented he kidney dialysis machine
1946-Percy Spencer invented the first microwave
1950-1960
1950- Ralph Schneider invented the first credit card (Diners)
1951-Charles Ginsburg invented the first video tape recorder
1951- Francis W. Davis invented power steering
1956-The first computer hard disk used
1957-Fortran computer language was invented
1958-The computer modem invented
1960-1970
1963-Audio cassette was invented
1964-John G. Kemeny and Tom Kurtz invented the BASIC
computer language
1967-The first handheld calculator invented
1968- Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse
1969-The arpanet (first internet) invented
1970-1980
1971- James Fergason invented the liquid-crystal display (LCD)
1973-Robert Metcalfe and Xerox invented Ethernet
1978- Robert K. Jarvik invented the artificial heart Jarvik-7
1979-Cell phones were invented
1980-1990
1981-The first IBM-PC computer was invented
1984-The first Apple computer was invented
1985-Windows program invented by Microsoft
1986- Fuji introduced the disposable camera
1988- Digital cellular phones invented
1990-2000
1991-The digital answering machine invented
1993-The Pentium Processor was invented
1995- DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) invented
1996-Web TV was invented
2000-2010
2001-Apple announced their version of the portable music player
–The Ipod
2001-Artificial liver invented by Dr. Kenneth Matsumura and Alin
Foundation
2003-Toyota's Hybrid Car
2005-YouTube - the online video sharing and viewing community was invented in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim
Resources:
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http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
2. (n.d.). Retrieved April 8, 2010, from
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tm
1.
Strand 3
The Nature of Work: Business and
Corporate Philosophies
1900-1910
1900-Only 19% of women of working age were part of the
workforce
1908-Henry Ford begins selling automobiles
1910-1920
1913-The U.S. government establishes the Department of Labor
1919-A record number of 4 million workers strike
1920-1930
1920-Farm organization set up lobbies in Washington
1929-The stock market crashes on October 24th—this day became
known as “Black Thursday”
1930-1940
1930-1933-The Great Depression Begins
1938-Fair Labor Standards Act establishes the minimum wage
1940-1950
1947-American investments abroad reached an all time high of
26.7 billion
1949-Fair Labor Standards Act outlaws child labor
1950-1960
1950-31% of U.S. women worked outside the home
1950-1st credit cards are issued
1960-1970
1963-Congress passes the Equal Pay Act
1969-The first ATM machine begins operating in New York
1970-1980
1975-Founding of Microsoft
1979-Stagflation Federal Reserve Board tightens down on the
supply of money
1980-1990
1980-Unemployment averages 7.1%
1980-President Carter signs first Chrysler bailout
1990-2000
1990-Inception of the Internet for commerce was introduced
1998-The search engine Google was founded
2000-2010
2001-ENRON files for bankruptcy
2009-Bernie Madoff jailed
Resources
1.
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tm
Strand 4
Educational theories of learning and
instruction
1900-1910
1901-John Dewey interpreted the method of empirical science in
educational terms
1902-Edward Thorndike offered his 1st scientific theory of learning
1910-1920
1912-Frederic Burc developed one of the 1st systems of individual
instruction at the San Francisco State Normal School
1919-Washburne’s Winnetka Plan was developed
1920-1930
1920-Educational Films came out
1925-Henry Clinton Morrison’s--Morrison Plan
Late 1920’s-Lewin’s Field Theory and Science of Instruction were
experimented
1930-1940
1930-Fox Films seeks to place a projector in every classroom
1933-Ralph W. Tyler Eight Year Study use of general and behavioral
objectives and formative evaluation
1934-Visual Instruction books published at an increased rate
1940-1950
1942-Jean Piaget’s Child Development
1947-B F Skinner’s Operant Conditioning
1949-Ralph Tyler publishes Basic Principles of Curriculum and
Instruction
1950-1960
1954-B.F. Skinner publishes The Science o Learning and the Art of
Teaching
1956-Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
1957-Programmed Instruction
1960-1970
1960-PLATO project begins
1965-Elementary and Secondary Education Act was established
1968-Personalized Instruction—Keller Plan
1969-First broadcast of Sesame Street
1970-1980
1970’s-Robert Mager introduced Criterion Referenced Instruction
1976-Cognitive Science begins to influence education
1980-1990
1982-Mastery of Teaching by Madeline Hunter was published
1983-Howard Gardner publishes Multiple Intelligences
1983-MD Merrill established the Component Display Theory
1990-2000
1990-IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act) was put
into force
1990’s-Multimedia as an instructional tool becomes more popular
1991-First charter schools begin
1995-Bernie Dodge and Tom March developed Webquest which
are used by teachers/instructors
2000-2010
2001-No Child Left Behind was put into act
2008-Obama is elected into office and NCLB may end up lapsing
Resources:
1.
(n.d.). Retrieved April 5, 2010, from
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimelin
e.html
Strand 5
Nature of society and culture: What
key events determined the thinking of
the decade?
1900-1910
The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned
airplane
1905- Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made
famous the equation, E = mc2
1906-The Wright brothers sell their first airplane
1907-1st successful human blood transfusion
1910-1920
1911- Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile
electrical ignition system
1916-American’s worst polio epidemic
1920-1930
1920-19th Amendment to the Constitution granting women the
right to vote was written
1921- Artificial life begins -- the first robot built
1926-Robert Goodard invents liquid fueled rockets
1930-1940
1931-The Empire State Building was completed
1932- Carl C. Magee invents the first parking meter
1933- Richard M. Hollingshead builds a prototype drive-in movie
theater in his driveway
1937-The first jet engine is built.
1940-1950
1944-The kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff
1945-The atomic bomb invented
1947- Mobile phones first invented (although cell phones were not
sold commercially until 1983)
1950-1960
1950-The first credit card (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider
1953- Radial tires invented
1954- Oral contraceptives invented - the pill
1959-The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch
1960-1970
1963-Assassination of John F. Kennedy
1969-The artificial heart invented
1969-First ATM is invented and put into use
1970-1980
1972-President Nixon signs into U.S.—Father’s Day will be the
3rd Sunday in June
1973-Roe vs. Wade
1973- Gene splicing invented
1980-1990
1980-The hepatitis-B vaccine invented
1982- Human growth hormone genetically engineered
1983- Soft bifocal contact lens invented
1986-Shuttle Challenger disaster
1990-2000
1990-The World Wide Web and Internet protocol (HTTP) and
WWW language (HTML) created by Tim Berners-Lee
1993-The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy is implemented for the
U.S military
1999-Columbine High School Massacre
2000-2010
2001- AbioCor artificial heart invented by Abiomed
Vermont becomes the first state in the country to legally recognize
civil unions between gay and lesbian couples
Florida ballot controversy over presidency occurs—George W.
Bush accepts presidency after this occurance
Resources:
1.
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http://www.unc.edu/depts/europe/pedagogy/meta/mod3/ti
me_us.pdf
Strand 6
Political
1900-1910
1905-The Russian Revolution begins
1907-2nd Haque Peace Conference
1910-1920
1910-NAACP was formed
1911-The most successful American Progressive Party is created,
first being named the National Progressive Republican
League, and then, under the leadership of former President
Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party, or more popularly, the
Bull Moose Party
1919- Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan, and later Germany
and the USSR, form the League of Nations at the Paris Peace
Conference. The United States does not ratify the treaty or the
covenant of the league
1920-1930
1920-19th Amendment ratified
1920- In response to the Red Scare, in which nearly 10,000
suspected communists were detained by the U.S. government,
the American Union Against Militarism (AUAM) and other
progressive groups band together to form the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU)
1930-1940
1930’s-Great Depression
1933-Upon his inauguration and as a result of the Great
Depression, Franklin Roosevelt enacts his New Deal policies,
which become the largest and most liberal restructuring of the U.S.
government in history
1940-1950
1942-Declaration of United Nations signed in Washington
1945-The U.S. and Soviet Union emerged as powerful nations
1950-1960
1954- Martin Luther King, Jr. begins his career as the leader of
the civil rights movement and plans the Montgomery, Alabama, bus
boycott
1954- In the aftermath of the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling,
which began desegregation in America’s public schools, Robert P.
Patterson forms the White Citizen s’ Council, whose purpose is to
preserve segregation regardless of the Brown ruling
1960-1970
1961-U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1964-The Civil Rights Act is passed, which guarantees equal
access to commercial establishments, travel facilities,
housing, employment, and all government benefits
without regard to race
1970-1980
1972-President Nixon Watergate Scandal
1973-Roe vs. Wade
1979- Saddam Hussein, who would remain in power for nearly 25
years before an invasion ousted him, becomes the leader of Iraq
1980-1990
1984- Ronald Reagan wins a second term of the U.S. residency
over Democratic candidate Walter Mondale with the largest electoral
margin in history, signifying the success of rightist politics in America
1980’s-Global warming awareness begins
1990-2000
1990-Operation Desert Storm
1990-1991-Persian Gulf War
1991-The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is officially
dissolved, having collapsed under the liberal policies of
Mikhail Gorbachev
2000-2010
2001-Terrorist attack in New York
2003Citing a new doctrine of preemptive war, the United States
and Great Britain invade Iraq and topple dictator
Saddam Hussein
Resources
(n.d.). Retrieved May 2, 2010, from
http://www.sagepub.com/upmdata/5311_Carlisle_Timeline__of_Politics.pdf
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