You'll be watching a video in the classroom - History of the Computer produced by PBS. During the video, you will hear about many people who influenced and changed computers. Your task will be to research and present information about one of those people. You can also choose from a variety of web sites below, the person you wish to research.

Following the handouts - worksheet/rubric and graphic organizer - given to you in class, create a 8.5 X 11" poster on your computer. Using the skills you have learned in word processing, cut and paste information from the internet.

The handouts are required to be turned in and will be part of your grade.

Follow this order for the best results:

Work with this order of tasks and it will flow smoothly:

·        Get approval for person

·        Gather information - completing your Graphic Organizer

·        Open your Word document for notes

·        Copy and paste information, including references – URL’s

·        Save the pictures, don’t copy and paste

·        Write/organize on graphic organizer chart

·        Create the poster

·        Check the spelling

·        Check list above to make sure that everything is included

·        Go to Print Preview to make sure it looks the way that you want

·        Print final product, hand in poster, this rubric and graphic organizer

Here are is an example of the types of poster you can create:

Include on each poster these items - Name, photo, born/died - place, famous for, 7 sentences explaining, place/company worked for, a quote or fact about the person.

General Information

People's Pages

http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/index.html

Internet Pioneers with information

Charles Babbage, inventor of the first computer

http://www.cbi.umn.edu/about/babbage.html

http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Babbage.html

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/babbage.htm

http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~odyssey/cyberkids/computers/history

Short pieces of information with links to pages about people

Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace, first woman programmer

http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/lovelace.html

http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/ada-bio.html

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Lovelace.html

http://www.cyberstreet.com/hcs/museum/chron.htm
Chronological listing of the history - have to sort out the non- computer items - use for names and spelling

Herman Hollerith, the tabulating machine and 1900 census

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blhollerith.htm

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/80.html

http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/hollerith.html

http://techfocus.org/comments.php?id=3668&catid=35

Information from Issues magazine - has short statements about various people

Tom Watson, Jr., founder of IBM corporation

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/w/watson-t1j12.asp

http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/watson.html

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/computer1.html

Evolution of the computer - lots of photos

Howard Aiken, inventor of the first electrical computer, Mark I

http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Aiken.html

http://www.thocp.net/biographies/aiken_howard.html

Konrad Zuse, invented & built the first binary computer

http://www.epemag.com/zuse/

http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~zuse/Konrad_Zuse/en/

http://www.intel.com/labs/innovations/
Interactive site with information about Intel inventions

Alan Turing, worked with the Colossus and decoders during WWII

http://www.turing.org.uk/turing

http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/turing.html

http://www.computer-museum.org/

Contributors to the Computer Hall of Fame

John Von Neumann, a mathematician that helped with the first mechanical computers

http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/VonNeumann.html

http://www.physics.umd.edu/robot/neumann.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/22522 - Quotes about computers - click on Visit Site to enter the web site

John Mauchley, co-developer of the ENIAC

http://www.luckbealady.com/eckertproject/eckert-mauchley.htm

http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/mauchly/jwmintro.html

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Mauchly.html

http://www.pbs.org/nerds/timeline/index.html
Links from Nerds: History of Computing (PBS)

J. Presper Eckert,co-developer of the ENIAC

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Eckert_John.html

http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_compan.htm Computer Companies and information about the people

Ted Hoff, inventor of the first microprocessor for Intel

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/hoff.htm

http://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/addlbios/hoff.html

http://www.pbs.org/nerds/timeline/index.html Timeline with names of people

William Shockley, developer of the first silicon chip

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btshoc.html

http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/shockley.html

http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/
History of the Internet and the people who contributed to it's development

Grace Hopper, developer of the computer language, COBOL

http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/hopper.html

http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-wit.html

http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Hopper.html

http://www.inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_Grace_Murray_Hopper.htm

http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/TMTCTW.html

The Machine That Changed the World - links to information

Doug Englebart, inventor of the mouse

http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/englebart.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart

http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/dce-bio.htm

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Corp.

http://www.geocities.com/franktau/

http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/jobs.html

Pictures

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Corp.

http://www.thetech.org/revolutionaries/wozniak/

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/wozniak.htm

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/steve_wozniak.html

http://ftp.arl.mil/ftp/historic-computers/

Historic Computer Images - Use for images to put on your poster

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft corporation

http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/default.asp

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm

http://www.gondolin.org.uk/hchof/machinelist.html

History Hall of Fame Photos

Robert Taylor, developer of the ARPAnet, prior to the internet

http://www.invisiblerevolution.net/taylor-2003-interviews-video/taylor-main.html

http://www.kurzweilai.net/bios/frame.html?main=/bios/bio0146.html?

http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/reach/435/people.html - People in History of computing - mug shots

Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the internet

http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/

http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/lee.html

Museums

Marc Andreeson, founder of Netscape

http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/index.html

http://www.thocp.net/biographies/andreesen_marc.htm

http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~museum The ENIAC Virtual Museum

David Bradley, founder of the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys stroke

http://www.fact-index.com/d/da/david_bradley.html

http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/archive/pc_bday.html

http://www.computerhistory.org - Computer History Museum

Sid Meier,  creator of many video games

http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId=3/

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Sid%20Meier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier

Nolan Bushnell, inventor of Atari

http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/revolution/bushnell/i_a.html

http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/bushnell.html

http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/n/no/nolan_bushnell.html