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Five Essays I. A brief Date Timeline of Computing Tools II. The Four Ages of the History of Educational Computing III. Six Major Trends of the Fourth Age Impacting Educational Planning IV. Current and Future Computer Designs in the Three Major Parts of A Computer |
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| Clicking on the webcam image above of an Internet cafe will lead to examples of different live views of the kinds of places where help can be found in becoming more computer literate and where extended discussions about information technology take place. As these views intend to show, people around the world use such places regularly. To enter a computer intensive place such as an Internet cafe or computer store or technology planning committee and carry on a meaningful conversation about using, selecting, buying and integrating computers and related technology requires a foundation of basic information about the computer and the nature of its history. Such facts and concepts that will be discussed in the links above. | |||
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Last Updated January 9, 2005 | Chapter 1 | Page author: Houghton
