WebQuest
The Future Is Now
Process
Include in the dossier a major technological achievement and a picture of 6 of following people (3 men and 3 women) Please view the additional resources below.
Steve Wozniak
William Gates
Martin Cooper
Tim Berners-Lee
Robert Cailliau
Gunpei Yokoi
Ken Kutaragi
John Vincent Atanasoff
Clifford Berry
Steve Jobs
Krisztina Holly
Erna Schneider Hoover
Grace Hopper
Ada Lovelace
Roberta Williams
Mary Allen Wilkes
Jean E. Sammet
Conclude the dossier with examples of your top 5 technological items/things people use everyday in text, pictures and/or video
Compare your top 5 tech items to the technology of the early 1900s. (i.e. What did they do without Ipods?)
1. Read this webpage to get to know the technologies that are available to the time traveler in his time.
2. Read all the resources on the pioneers of computer history to find out their major achievements.
3. Create an electronic presentation to serve as your dossier/debrief. Be sure to include:
4. 6 pioneers, each of their achievements, their picture and the year of their success.
5. Examples of 5 technologies we use on a daily basis in text, pictures and/or video
VIDEOS FEATURING:
Tim Berners-Lee
Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak
Ken Kutaragi
Atanasoff and Berry
Bill Gates
Robert Cailliau
Jean E. Sammet
Roberta Williams
Grace Hopper
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