Section 1: Information Age

The Information Age

began around the 1970s and is still going on today. It is also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age. This era brought about a time period in which people could access information and knowledge easily.

The Renaissance

In the Information Age, they influenced the Information Age by creating the idea inventions, while too advanced for the time, the basic idea was used to develop modern inventions. They also changed literature (religion and religious heroes).

The Renaissance

During the ______, people began to write realistic books and not just religious stories. People's mindset about themselves changed.

humanism

It was no longer about what humans could do for God, but what humans could do for themselves. This way of thinking is called _____.

The Scientific Revolution

changed the modern era by introducing important scientists such as Galileo, Copernicus, and Sir Isaac Newton. Their discoveries paved the way for modern tools, inventions and innovations.

The Industrial Revolution

brought about major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology. This era had a profound effect on the social, economic, and cultural conditions of the world.

computer

There were many different inventions that came about because of the Information Age, one of which was the _____.

Internet

allowed people to access information with the touch of a button.

The Internet

has turned society into homebodies, individuals who do everything from the comfort of their homes instead of venturing outdoors to complete tasks. People can do everything online; shopping, communicating, bill paying, working, education, entertainment, even ordering food.

The Internet

This may be good, but it has also made us a very lazy and uneducated society.

Tim Berners-Lee, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

3 important people of the Information Age.

Tim Berners-Lee

He created the World Wide Web.

Steve Jobs

who was created the first effective personal computer called the Apple 1. He is also a huge force in the Information Age.

The Apple 1

was a huge advancement in computer sciences and it carved the path for the computers we have now. It has created iPhone, iPod, iPad, iMac, and Apple TV.

Bill Gates

He is also a huge force in the Information Age. He founded Microsoft, which creates almost everything that has to do with computers.

Microsoft

develops programs like Microsoft Office, Windows, and many other influential products.

The Information Age

has changed people, technology, science, economies, culture, and even the way people think.

Internet

is arguably the most prominent innovation of the Information Age. It changed the way people do everything. It has made people lazier, but it also makes a large amount of the population smarter.

The Information Age

has made industrial countries stronger, economies receive more from them and keep our world turning, and this time period has reshaped governments, with new technology being created every day.

hacking, piracy, and identity theft.

Because of things like the Internet, new laws had to be put in place to stop (3)

Negative side of The Information Age

is not all good. There are people in the world that believe they can live their entire life through the Internet. Also, huge criminal organizations rely on hacking into government systems and obtaining confidential information to continue their way of life. This time period has also created a shortage of jobs and making many jobs obsolete because machines are now being used to do the work humans once did.

Age of Entrepreneurship

The Information Age is also known as the _____. Now entrepreneurs can start and run a company easier than ever before. It also impacts our work ethics by distracting us and causing us to lose interest in the task we are doing.

The Gutenberg Press (1440)

A printing press is a device that applies pressure to an inked surface lying on a print medium, such as cloth or paper, to transfer ink.

Johannes Gutenberg

The one who created the Gutenberg Press (1440)

Mass Communication

The development of a fast and easy way of disseminating information in print permanently reformed the structure of society.

World War II

Challenges with a serious shortage of human computers for military calculations

Harvard Mark I

A general purpose computer.

Communication, Computing, and Content.

What are the 3Cs?

The Homebrew Computer Club

was an early computer hobbyist group founded in 1975 in Silicon Valley, where technology enthusiasts, engineers, and programmers met to share ideas about personal computing. It became famous as the birthplace of the personal computer revolution, inspiring innovators like Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak to create the Apple I.

Digital Natives

are individuals who were born and raised during the age of digital technology, making them naturally familiar with computers, the internet, and mobile devices from an early age.

Digital Immigrants

are people who were born before the widespread use of digital technology and had to adapt to it later in life, learning how to use computers, the internet, and other digital tools.

Alan Turing

An English mathematician hired by the British top-secret Government Code and Cyber School to break the enigma code.

Bombe, Enigma, and The Universal Turing Machine

Alan Turing invented this 3:

Bombe

An electromechanical machine that enabled the British decipher encrypted messages of German Enigma machine

Enigma

An enciphering machine that the German armed forces used to secretly send messages.

The Universal Turing Machine

A machine that can solve any problem for simple instructions encoded on a paper tape.

Lukemia

What sickness did Alan Turing died from?

Generation Z

The description given to the generation who witnessed the dawn of the computer age. The people of this generation were the first to be introduced to personal computers (PCs).

Steve Wozniak

The co-founder of Apple Inc. who designed the operating system, hardware, and circuit board of Apple I in 1976.