ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the way a range of interlinked technologies – film, radio and television and their precedents – has been used in the Australian classroom since the beginning of the twentieth century, and the impact of such technologies on the idea of a classroom itself. The extent to which these technologies have brought change is, perhaps, up for question: their adoption may merely reflect change. Yet the apprehension about, antipathy towards or fervent embrace of new technologies in teaching practice has led to changes in classroom design, use and culture for over a century.
