1. Socratic Method 470 B.C
1.1. Socratic Seminars - learning is embedded and can be brought out by skillful questioning
1.1.1. No Writings Left Behind of teachings
1.1.1.1. Teachings passed on by students Plato & Xenophon
2. Comenious 1592
2.1. The Great Didatic - preparing to live as humans, not just knowledge based learning
2.1.1. -Instructional Method (w/ principles)
3. Computers & Classroom TVs 1950s-1970s
3.1. Taking the ideas from WWII, educators & former defense contractors worked to replicate the success of educating students the way they did soliders
3.1.1. Classroom TVs became common & included videos that could be broadcast from the TV
3.1.1.1. Backed my major networks & investors until the invention of the "laptop" computer & networks moved more towards commercial TV
4. Computer Labs & Internet 1980s-1990s
4.1. Invention of the normal sized computer allowed schools to purchase them at a ratio of 9:1 & as computers became cheaper, schools were able to lower the ratio to 6:1
4.1.1. Internet also allowed for new media to be introduced to the students AND in different modalities
5. YouTube/LMS 2000s-2010s
5.1. The introduction of web based programs that could be used to "control" the classroom
5.1.1. YouTube (2005): Allowed for the introduction of quick educational videos
5.1.1.1. LMS: Learning Managements systems - 2009 Introduced the idea of quick, reliable communication between teacher & student. Also allowed for work to be assigned digitally to kids, managing of assignments & grade, and communication with parents
5.1.1.1.1. These have evolved into Google Classroom, Schoology, MS Teams, etc...
6. Teacher Tool Burnout 2020s
6.1. Teaching in the time of COVID-19
6.1.1. Many teacher tools that aren't being vetted be educators themselves
6.1.1.1. Other tools (Nearpod) are being under used because teachers have too many tools to use & sometimes they do NOT which tools are appropriate to us & which ones are not
7. Joseph Lancaster 1778
7.1. Classroom & Content organization in addition to economic management of students
7.1.1. Graded Plan for instruction
7.1.1.1. 6 areas of Instructions (memorize=drill & kil)
8. Friedrich Froebel 1826
8.1. Development controlled the learning
8.1.1. "The Education of Man" - wanted to model man (student) after what God intended