Strand One:Toffler’s Three Waves

Changes in TechnologyJoseph Dupree

Technology Progresses Through Time

First Wave- Agricultural- 8000BC-1650-1750

Second Wave- Industrial- 1750-1950 Third Wave- Informational- 1950-2004 Four1th Wave- Nano/Biotechnology

2004-???

First Wave: Agricultural-8000BC-1650-1750 Characteristics

Communication—Oral was common Family Structure- Extended family Economy—Hunting/fishing important

for food Production- Solar energy, natural

resources very important Education—Home schooling, individual

instruction, one room schools

First Wave continued Politics—Individuals classified by

classes

Second Wave- Industry- 1750-1950

Family Structure- Nuclear families Education- Rote and repetition teaching

practices Economy—Trade with foreign countries Production-Factories, assembly lines Communication—newspapers, tvs Politics- wars, strikes, crisis, and

political uprisings

Third Wave—Informational—1950-2004

Economy-Global industry, supply of oil and gas

Family—2 parents work, more single-parent homes and grandparents raising their grandchildren

Education- secondary schools offer distance and online courses, Internet, digital networks

Politics- Variety of government s such as democracies, socialism, capitalism

Third wave Continued Communication—Twittering, texting

from cell phones, computer phones, computers and laptops

Production-Medical discoveries, cars with special features, science inventions,

Fourth Wave—2005--??? According to Dr. Thornburg and Dr.

Dede there will be a fourth wave. They have predicted that this age will include biotechnology related products that will be more durable and creative.

Resources Dede, C. (Speaker). (2008). The Next

Wave, Part 2. Laureate Education, Inc. Thornburg, D. (Speaker). (2008). The

Next Wave Part 1. Laureate Eduaction, Inc.

Toffler, A. (1980). The Third Wave:New York: Batam Books cambridge University Press.

Strand 2 Key technological advances and innovations for each decade

1900-1910 Hubert Booth invents the vacuum

cleaner in 1901 The Wright brothers’ heavier-than-air

Kitty Hawk in 1903 Thomas Edison invents the first talking

motion picture in 1910 Charles Strite invents the Pop Up

toaster in 1919

1920-1930 Garrett A. Morgan

invents a traffic signal in 1923

The mechanical television was invented by John Logie Baird in 1925

1932 Edward Herbert Land invented the Polaroid

1933 Edwin Howard Armstrong created the Frequency modulation (FM)

1940-1950 John Atanasoff and

Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer in 1942

1946 Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven

Charles Ginsburg invented the first video tape recorder in 1951

Fortran computer language was invented in 1957

1960-1970 1962- Audio

cassette 1964- BASIC

computer language was invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz

Robert Metcalfe and Xerox invented ethernet in 1973

1979- Cell phones

1980-1990 1981- the first IBM-

PC was invented 1984- the Apple

Macintosh was invented

1993- the pentium processor

1996- Web TV invented

2000- and beyond 2001- Apple

computers announced their portable music digital player the iPod

Cell phones advancement

Resources http://www.associatedcontent.com/a

rticle/17372/technology_changes_and_inventions_in.html

http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth_3.htm

Strand 3 The nature of work: Business and corporate philosophies

1900-1910 24 million U.S.

registered workers age 10 and above in 1900

1900- Only 19% of women of working age participated in the work force

1913 The U.S. government establishes the Department of Labor

1919 a record 4 million workers strike

1920-1930 1920 Farm

organization set up lobbies in Washington

1929 Stock market crashes on October 24 known as “Black Thursday”

1930-1933 The Great Depression begins

1938 Fair Labor Standards Act establishes the minimum wage

1940-1950 1947 American

investments abroad reached an all time high of 26.7 billion

1949 Fair Labor Standards Act outlaws child labor

1950-31 percent of U.S. women worked outside the home

1950- the first Xerox copy machined was produced

1960-1970 1963 Congress

passes the Equal Pay Act

1969 the first automated teller machine begins operating in Rockville Centre, N.Y

1975-Founding of Microsoft

1970s- Watergate affair

1980-1990 1980-

Unemployment averages 7.1 percent

On January 1, the average car costs $7,574

1998- Google was founded

1990s- Inception of the internet for commerce

Resources http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines

/a/twentieth_3.htm

Strand 4Educational theories of learning and instruction

1900-1910 1901- John Dewey

interpreted the method of empirical science in educational terms

1902 Edward Thorndike offered the 1st course in educational measurements at Columbia University

Frederic Burk developed on of the 1st systems of individual instruction at the San Francisco State Normal School in 1912

Washburne’s Winnetka Plan was developed in 1919

1920-1930 Henry Clinton

Morrison’s Morrison Plan (1925-1935)

Lewin’s Field Theory and Science of Instruction were experimented in the late 1920s

1933- Ralph W. Tyler Eight Year Study use of general and behavioral objectives and formative evaluation

1934- William Bagley writes Education and Emergent Man

1940-1950 1946 Edgar Dale

developed the Cone of Experience

1949 Ralph Tyler publishes Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction

1954 B.F. Skinner publishes The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching

1956 Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

1960-1970 1965 Elementary

and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was established

1969 First broadcast of Sesame Street

70’s –Criterion Referenced Instruction (CRI) is introduced by Robert Mager

1976- Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak desige the Apple I computer

1980-1990 1983 Howard

Gardner publishes Multiple Intelligences

1983 MD Merrill established the Component Display Theory

1995 Bernie Dodge and Tom March developed Webquest

1990s use of multimedia in instruction

2000 and beyond…… Jeroen J G van Merrienboer refines the

Four Component Instructional Design System

David Wiley develops Learning Object Design and Sequencing Theory (LODAS).

Resources http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=1

2152&project_step=26137

Strand 5

Nature of society and culture: What key events determined the thinking of the decade?

1900-1910 1903 Orville Wright heavier-than-air

machine flight 1907 1st successful human blood

transfusion 1916 Americas worst polio epidemic 1918 Spanish influenza killed over

500,000-U.S. worst single epidemic

1920-1930 1920 19th

Amendment to the Constitution granting women the right to vote

1928 Walt Disney dreams up Mickey Mouse

1931- The Empire State Building was completed

1938 Cloning envisioned by Dr. Hans Spemann in Germany

1940-1950 1939-1945 World

War II 1945 first vaccine

for influenza

1954 Brown v. BOE of Topeka Kansas

1958 Bank of America issued the first bank credit card, BankAmericard (now Visa)

1960-1970 1963 the

assassination of John F. Kennedy

1965 Executive Order 11246 enforces affirmative action for first time

1963 the assassination of John F. Kennedy

1965 Executive Order 11246 enforces affirmative action for first time

1980-1990 1982 Michael

Jackson releases Thriller

1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

1993 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is instituted for the U.S. Military

1999 Columbine High School massacre

2000 and beyond…. Vermont becomes the first state in the

country to legally recognize civil unions between gay or lesbian couples

George W. Bush accepts the presidency after Florida ballot controversy

Resources http://www.infoplease.com/spot/timelin

earchive.html

Strand 6Political

Political 1905-Russian Revolution

begins 1907- 2nd Haque Peace

Conference 1912- Balkan Wars 1914-1918 World War I 1920- 19th Amendment

ratified (Women’s suffrage)

1923- Adolf Hitler’s “Beer Hall Putsch” in Munich fails

1930s-Great Depression Uprise of Facism in the

1930s World War II (1939-1945)

1942- Declaration of United Nations signed in Washington

1945 the U.S. and Soviet Union emerged as powerful nations

Korean War (1950-1953) Vietnam War(1957-1975) The Great Chinese Famine

(1959-1962) 1961 U.S. breaks

diplomatic relations with Cuba

1972- President Nixon Watergate Scandal

1973 Roe v. Wade

Political Global warming

awareness starts in the 80s

The U.S. developed the Space Shuttle program in 1981

Operation Desert Storm- 1990

Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)

2001- 9/11 Terrorist attack in New York. This changed the United States view on terrorists attacks. The country passed stricter laws governing travel.

Resources http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB39/

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005251.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century

http://watergate.info/