The Future Is Now

Include in the dossier a major technological achievement and a picture of 6 of following people (3 men and 3 women)

�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

Please view the additional resources below. 
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