Empowering Global Citizens

for example, look at newspapers that discussed computers in past years.
They will also speculate on likely changes that computers might undergo in
the future. Each team will then present a report to the class.

Resources:

' 7776 History of Computers, by Les Freed
0 A chronology of personal computers (http://pctimeline.info/)
° http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer~hardware

Activity TIG.2.3.

How Does Technology Evolve?

Students will discuss the following talk about how technology evolves:
http://www.ted.com/talks/l<evin_kelly_on_how__technology_evolves.html.

Activity TIG.2.4.

History of the Major Inventions of the Twentieth
Century (Independent Research Project)

Individually or in pairs, students will study the history of the most impor—
tant technological developments of the twentieth century, as established by
the US National Academy of Engineering:

Electrification

Automobiles

Airplanes

Water supply and distribution
Electronics

Radios and televisions

Mechanized agriculture

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Computers

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