digital duniya - the summer camp for kids

DIGITAL DUNIYAMindScripts Summer Camp

INTRODUCTION TO THE DIGITAL WORLDPankaj Agrawal1

In Prehistoric Times, peoplehunted for a living

Their tools were stonesand spears

As they moved to agriculture, the most important

assets became land and cattle!

The Industrial Revolution changed the complete World

Economy - how?

Human Beings are almost 2000,000 years old on this planet but civilization as we know it started

almost 8 - 10,000 years ago!

Computers, Mobiles, IT and a lot of other things we see around us today, are a very recent development for human beings!

Hunting, Gathering Agriculture

Industrial Revolution

First Computers

IT Revolution

80,000 years ago 9,000 years ago500

years ago

In different times, you needed different things, to succeed! What were they?

Hunting, Gathering Agriculture Industrial

RevolutionIT

Revolution

Cattle

Physical Strength Hunting ability

Money

Capital

Brain, Skills

Ideas

What are the tools we need

today?

Therefore, all children should learn computers and understand the latest technologies, even if you will ultimately become a doctor, lawyer, teacher or scientist ……

Star Trek Gadgets That Now Exist

Lieutenant Commander Geordi Lafarge used a tablet computer (what they called Personal Access Data Devices, or PADDs) to punch in coordinates for the next star system. Other Starfleet personnel used them to watch video and listen to music—just the things we use tablets for today.Tablet Computers

In the Star Trek universe, you can talk to a computer in casual conversation. These days, we've got Apple's Siri and Google Now, and while they aren't fully developed systems yet, they are baby steps toward a service like Star Trek's computer, which has a complex understanding of context.

Talking to Computers

The Communicator

The Communicator was a fictional device used for voice communication in the fictional universe of Star Trek. It seemed wild and impossible then but today it is an integral part of our lives, even for the most backward and uneducated person - no more a high tech gadget!

Some Things that seem impossible or at least difficult to imagine today…

3D Printing Self Driven Cars Drones

Interconnected, Intelligent devices, which can function based on their own intelligence. It will include not just computers and robots but simple everyday things like televisions, washing machines and toasters also.

SOFT

WAREWEBSITES

BLOGSApps

PROGRAMMERSMarketers

DigitalExperts

The basic foundation of any digital media is a

Website - so we’ll make our very own Website.

So, what is a Website??

Pankaj Agrawal @ MindScripts

End of First SessionSo, what have we learnt today?✤ How human beings evolved✤ What were the tools required then, and now?✤ What are the requirements for us to be successful today?✤ What seemed impossible then is very much a reality today✤ What seems impossible today, will surely be a reality tomorrow.

So go ahead and dream impossible things!“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland