Horrible Histories What are we doing Going to

Horrible Histories

What are we doing? �Going to be researching that dear little machine you use every ICT lesson �How it all began, who started it all and laugh at how big, chunky and clumsy everything was! �Now let’s start with a basic introduction to time. .

Timelines �Timelines help us keep track of how everything started �You can either start now and work back or � start from the beginning and come up to date! �You will be able to see how long it took for each step to happen more clearly �See how events relate to you personally as well �Over the next slide is an example of timeline. . .

Here is a timeline from the Sony company, of the products they have produced over the years. Look at how small the TV was in 1974, and notice the Computer from 1983!

Task �Your teacher should have a set of laminated pictures �Have a look at them and using the string, create a class timeline! �Have a go at placing them in the correct order, the clue is in the picture and how OLD the item is!

Using the Computer. . �Research the items now and see why these are major events in the Story of The Computer! �The internet is at your fingertips remember only facts will do � check out the BBC website, Britannica online �Can you identify � A) a year/date for the event � B) who is involved, some may involve a company! �Record you findings in Excel, column for year/date and the next for the event, have fun!

Plenary �Hopefully, you will have found the correct dates and are not far away from the actual dates!! �Place the images in their correct order on the timeline and realise that. . . � The game really did come before the console to play it on, 1952 (‘OXO) & 1972 (Magnavox Odyssey) � The mouse we readily rely on now, did look like that and made out of wood in 1970 plus � Some of our year 9 students are as old as Facebook, 1997 it was launched!