Five old educational technologies

By Tony Bates. Despite rumours, I was not around in 1918, but this article is a very nice reminder of what was happening 100 years ago with educational technologies. The five technologies are:

• magic lanterns
• chalkboards
• ink pens
• abacuses
• radio

When I started teaching, in 1965, in my school it was still compulsory for students to use ink pens (not ‘nasty Biros’, which were available then). More...