Toffler’s Third Wave and Six Strands of Society Timeline

1. Toffler’s Third Wave and Six Strands of Society Timeline Deidre Buckhalter Walden University EDUC 7100

2. The Waves of Technology

3. Agricultural Era 8000 B.C. – 1750 A.D. • Most humans lived in small, often migratory groups and fed themselves by foraging, hunting, fishing, or herding(1980). • People were dependent on the land and the seasons of the agricultural world (2008).

4. Industrial Era 1750 A.D. - 1955 • Reformed life globally • Families were separated to work in towns and factories (2008). • Extended family living together were no longer common. The family structure consisted of father, mother, and children. • Mass production and factories were common.

5. Information Era 1955 - Present • Most people live outside the nuclear family model (1980). • Flexible hours, casual Fridays, and working from home are all examples of the shifts that occurred in the world of work (2008). • Communication is increased through usage of internet, wireless phones, and internet.

6. The 4th Wave 2015-? • I predict the 4th wave, biotechnology to begin in 2015. • Biotechnology will create a growth in science and medicine globally. • Biotechnology will create a division between society based on morals.

7. Timeline of Six Strands of Society (1900-present) • Three Waves of Technology • Key technological advances and innovations • The Nature of Work • Educational theories of learning and instruction • Nature of Society and Culture • Political

8. 1900-1910 1750 A.D.- 1955 Industrial Era 1900 - Fessenden transmitted the first radio broadcast from Brant Rock Station, MA. 1904-Mary McLeod Bethune founds the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School 1908 - James Sprangler invented the electric vacuum cleaner 1900 1905 1909 1900 – Progressive Era Production Era 1907- Maria Montessori founded the first Casa dei Bambini, “Children’s House” 1905- Albert Einstein introduces his special theory of relativity 1900 – Telephone transmission extends across and between major cities 1903 – US acquires Panama Canal 1908- FBI is established 1903 – The Wright Brothers invented the first powered airplane.

9. 1910-1919 Industrial Era 1913- Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated 28th president In 1913, Edwin Armstrong invented the regenerative circuit. 1910 1915 1919 1913- Edward Thorndike publishes book, Educational Psychology: The Psychology of Learning 1910 – Ragtime Era 1914- World War I Era 1919- Treaty of Versailles is signed 1913- Irving Langmuir invented the Incandescent Electric Lamp 1913- Electricity is brought to Los Angeles 1913- New method of oil refining is introduced

10. 1920-1929 Industrial Era 1923- Teapot Dome 1928- The first transatlantic transmission 1925 - John Logie Baird invented the television. 1921- Warren Harding is elected president 1920 1925 1929 1924- Gestalt Theory 1927 – First refrigerator to mass produced with completly sealed refrigerating system 1921 – First major aerial dusting of crops 1920- Roaring Twenties 19th Amendment 1929- Jean Piaget pblishes The Child’s Conception of the World

11. 1930-1939 Industrial Era 1931- Star Spangled is adopted as national anthem 1935- The first generator at Hoover Dam begins operation 1938- Chestor Carlson invented the photocopying process. 1931 1935 1939 1933- Ralph Tyler – Eight Year Study 1935- Social Security Act 1937 – Grote Reber invented the radio telescope. 1933- Congress establishes Tennessee Valley Authority 1939 – Igor Sikorsky invented the helicopter. 1932- The Great Depression 1934 – William Bagley writes Education and Emergent Man 1939 – John Atanasoff invented the Atansoff-Berry Computer 1933- The New Deal, Franklin Roosevelt

12. 1940-1949 Industrial Era 1944 – Howard Aiken invented the Mark 1 Computer. 1944 – GI Bill is signed by FDR 1946- John Mauchly and J. Eckert invented the ENIAC Computer 1945 1940 1949 1943- First commercially viable mechanical spindle cotton picker 1945 – United Nations 1947- The first commercial oil well out of sight of land 1941- Japan surprise attack on Pearl Harbor 1945- Microwave oven was invented by Percy Spencer 1949 – Ralph Tyler publishes Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction 1947- CIA established President Succession Act

13. 1950-1959 Industrial Era 1750 A.D. - 1955 Information Era 1955- present 1950-1953- Korean War 1948-1960 Post War Period 1951 – Jay Forrester invented Random Access Memory 1958 – Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce invented the Integrated Circuits 1955 1959 1950 1955- Tarco, Idao becomes the first to have all electrical needs generated by a nuclear power plant 1959- Alaska becomes the 49th state 1952 – Grace Hopper invented the first computer complier 1959- The first large geothermal electricity=genrating plant opens in New Zealand 1953- B.F. Skinner’s Science and Human Behavior is published. 1956- Benjamin Bloom – Taxonomy of Educational Objectives 1955- Bus Boycott in Montgomery, AL

14. 1960-1969 Information Era Civil Rights Movement 1954-1965 1969- Zero Power Physics Reactor goes operational 1961- Jerome Bruner publishes The Process of Education 1966 – Jack Kilby, J. VanTassel & J. Merryman invented the Hand-held Calculator 1960 1965 1969 1962 – Vtgotsky’s Social Development Theory 1968- Douglas Engelbart invented the Computer Mouse RobeertDennard invented the Dynamic Random Access Memory Ted Hoff invented the microprocessor 1965- The first electronic central office switching system 1963- Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers “I Have a Dream Speech” President John F. Kennedy is assassinated 1968- Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

15. 1970-1979 Information Era 1970- Jean Piaget, The Science of Education is published. Learning Cycle Model Criterion Referenced Instruction, Robert Mager 1977- Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th president 1973 – Vinton Cerf invented the Internet. Robert Metcalfe invented Ethernet 1977- Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington invented the PC Modem 1979 1970 1975 1972- Ralph Baer invented the Magnavox Odyssey (first home video game console) 1976 – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak invented the Personal Computer 1978- Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act 1974- Energy Reorganiztion Act of 1974 1971- 26th Amendment 1972 - Watergate 1973- Roe vs. Wade

16. 1980-1989 Information Era 1981-1989 Ronald Reagan president 1983 – Richard Frenkiel and Joel Engel invented the Mobile Phone 1989- George Bush is elected as president 1980 1985 1989 1982 - Recession 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 1980s –Introduction of the open-graded friction course NSFNET contract is awarded to the team of IBM and MCI 1985- Windows program was invented by Microsoft 1982- Madeline Hunter’s Direct Teaching Model 1983- MD Merrill, Comoponent Display Theory

17. 1990-1999 Information Era 1998- House of Representatives impeach President Bill Clinton 1991- Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web 1990 1995 1999 1994- NAFTA 1996- UV Waterworks 1990-1991- Gulf War 1990 – Rapid Prototyping instructional design 1994- Farmers begin using Global Positioning System 1999- Sergey Brin and Larry Page invented Google 1993 - Jacqueline and Martin Brooks, n Search of Understanding : The Case for Constructivist Classrooms- The Constructivist Theory 1990- Iraqi troops invade Kuwait

18. 2000- 2009 Information Era 1955- present 2000- World record reliability benchmarks 2000- 100,000,000 cellular phone subscribers 2007- H.G. Well invented the IPhone 2000 2005 2009 2002- Jeroen J.G. Merrienboer 4C/ID Model 2007- Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives 2011+ 9/11 attacks 2001- Tony Fadell invented the IPOD 2005- Hurricane Katrina causes a state of emergency in MS and LA 2008- Barack Obama is elected president 2000 – Learning Object Design and Sequencing Theory, David Wiley II

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