Technology+Timeline

Technology: Past, Present, and Future ** Area of Interaction: ** Human Ingenuity ** 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". ** **- Copy this page and paste onto your Technology Timeline page.** ** - 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? Phones (Cell phones and telephones) 2. What prior knowledge did you have on this topic? The technology of phones today allows us to communicate anytime, pretty much anywhere, and to anyone (if they have a phone). 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) homing pigeons to send letters about winner of Olympics- 776 BC, 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. 1. homing pigeons were used to send letters about the winner of Olympics- 776 BC 2. fire messages were used from relay station to relay station- 200BC to 100 BC  3. Innocenzo Manzetti first comes up with the idea of a "speaking telegram" known as a telephone today- 1850 4. First telephone patent by Alexander Graham Bell- March 7, 1876 5. Alexander Bell makes the world's first long distance call- August 10, 1876 6. The first Bell telephone company was established known as the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) - 1878 7. William Gray invented the pay phone- 1889 8. Cordless phones were introduced to the world- 1980 9. The first cellular phone was sold known as the "Brick" phone today- 1984 10. The first text message was sent- Dec. 3, 1992 11. 3G was introduced by NTT(Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp) in Japan- May 2001

12. Apple came out with the iPhone- 2007 13. Apple comes out with iPhone 5, Samsung starts to sell Samsung Galaxy S III -2012

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 that you will be able to do whatever you want with your cell phone or telephone in the future.I believe that they will make it similar to a Swiss Army knife. What I mean by this is that there will be a ton of tools besides the phone such as a pencil possibly a laser. They might also invent a phone where it can become your heat source or stove to cook things or keep you warm.

6. What reliable sources did you use to get your information? http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2008/03/26/history-motorola-dynatac-8000x-was-the-first-ever-handheld-mobile-phone/ http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3625 http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/120174

http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone_2.htm http://www.canadacool.com/COOLFACTS/ONTARIO/BrantfordBell.html http://www.telephonetribute.com/payphones.html#PAY%20PHONE%20HISTORY%20TIMELINE http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1099476/text-messaging

http://www.dciexpo.com/3g/3g-history-and-background.php

Criterion B - Design

1. Brainstorm the information you are going to include in your presentation. The title of my presentation, the technology i chose to do my project on, my name and period, the 8 events that happened to my chosen technology 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. some pictures of the phones in the past and current day, some pictures of the ways of communication before phones were invented

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. My Prezi Using the MYP Rubric, grade yourself on Realizing the Solution. Using the MYP Rubric, grade yourself on Research and Analysis.

Criterion D - Evaluate List at least 3 positive consequences that have come from your chosen technology.

1) You can access many things very quickly and efficiently straight from your phone. We have the ability now to watch videos, go on the internet, or go to a restaurant with GPS any time we want with our phones. 2) It's a good way to keep in touch with everyone. It's also a lot faster to communicate with people than with letters and mail. 3) The telephone or cellphone can help save people's lives. For instance, you can call your friends, family, or 911 when there is a robbery or a fire.

List at least 3 negative consequences that have come from your chosen technology

1) Millions of people are less productive and lazier today. For example, people are on their phones talking to their friends or watching videos when they can be playing outside or something of the sort. 2) They can be distracting if you keep getting texts or phone calls from friends, family, or work. This leads to a lot of car crashes and deaths every year. 3) Some kids or teens are always on their phone and they are losing family interaction time.

Answer the Unit Questions - What are the consequences of change? People might think that new technology today will always and only have a positive impact to the environment or community around them and they forget or don't analyze the negatives the new technology can bring or cause. With every new invention today, we need to analyze both positives and negatives with new technology and see if it really is doing a good to our society. If we don't, it will lead our people and planet to extinction.

Using the MYP Evaluate Rubric, assign yourself an grade for your Prezi.