Technology+Timeline

Technology: Past, Present, and Future ** Area of Interaction: ** Human Ingenuity **- Copy this page and paste onto your Technology Timeline page.**
 * Significant Concept: ** Technology is always changing which can lead to positive and negative consequences.
 * Unit Question: ** What are the consequences of change? ** __Requirements:__ **
 * - Create a new page on your wiki. Name your new page "Technology Timeline". **
 * - You will choose __//ONE//__ form of technology to research for your project. **
 * - Research chosen technology through the different time periods starting with the **
 * Agricultural Age (up to the 1700), Industrial Age (1700 - 1950), and ending **
 * with the Technology Age (1950 to present). **
 * - Talk about all the different versions of your technology and when they were invented. **
 * - What is next? Think of the possibilities for this technology in the future. **
 * - Discuss the consequences (both positive & negative) that came as a result of your technology **

Criterion A - Research and Analyze:  1. What technology did you choose to research? Television 2. What prior knowledge did you have on this topic? You use it to watch your favorite shows or movies. You use it to play video games. 3. What was the first form of this technology? And what year was it created? If your technology was created after the 1700s, you will need to figure out what was used before your technology was created. (ex. Telephones replaced telegrams and smoke signals; light bulb replaced candles and oil lamps) In the 1940's after WWII. Television replaced going to the movies and playing outside. 4. List each of the changes that this technology has gone through and what years they were introduced. You must have at least 8 events on your timeline. 1700s: People were taught manners and learned to read. 1775: Static electricity by friction is produced by Count Alessandro Volta. 1878: Sheldon Bidwell experiments with telephotography. 1893: Nikola Tesla developed one of the first remote controls. 1895: The first radio is invented. 1928: Television is introducted to the U.S. 1930: Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first commerical. 1946: Peter Goldmark demonstrates the first broadcasting color television system. 1951: The first color television is introducted in the U.S. 1992: 900 million television sets are in use around the world. 2012: Over a billion television sets are in use around the world. 5. Where do you think your technology is going in the future? What could be a new form of this technology that might be invented by 2020? (Hint: This is your own opinion and doesn't require research) I think television sets will get bigger, until they can't fit in anyone's house. I don't think there will be a new form of television.

6. What reliable sources did you use to get your information? [|www.history-timelines.org.uk/events-timelines/08-television-invention-timeline.htm] [|www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm] Using the MYP Rubric, grade yourself on Research and Analysis.

Criterion B - Design  1. Brainstorm the information you are going to include in your presentation.

2. Draw a rough draft of your timeline on a piece of paper. --Make sure that your information is in order by year--

3. Decide which pictures you want to include in the timeline presentation.

Using the MYP Rubric, grade yourself on Design.

Criterion C - Realizing the Solution  Create your Timeline Prezi presentation. - Create a New Prezi - Prezi Title - your name (first & last) Technology Timeline - Prezi Description: List the technology you researched. - You must start your prezi with a __BLANK__ template. - Apply the theme of your choice. - Use the brainstorm rough draft you completed during the Design step and create your prezi. -- Make sure you can justify any changes made to your design --

//** Remember: You must have at least 8 events on your timeline **//

Upload your prezi link to your Wikispace. Technology Timeline Prezi Using the MYP Rubric, grade yourself on Realizing the Solution

Criterion D - Evaluate
List at least 3 positive consequences that have come from your chosen technology. A positive is that you have a faster way of watching the news. Another positive is you can have a better way of spending time with your family because you are watching movies together. One more positive is you can more entertainment from television. List at least 3 negative consequences that have come from your chosen technology. You can sometimes get sucked into it and spend hours watching tv. It can over take your life if you don't stop and do something else. One more negative is tv sometimes has stuff that isn't true. Answer the Unit Questions - What are the consequences of change? Change can be good or bad. An example of good change is if you move to a new state. You can make new friends and living in a new house can be a good way to start over. An example of bad change is if your schedule changes. That can cause you to panic and start to worry about your new schedule. Using the MYP Evaluate Rubric, assign yourself an grade for your Prezi.