History of Information Communication Technology

History of the Internet [Infographic]  http://www.onlinemba.com/blog/history-of-the-internet/  History of the Internet [Infographic] We’ve created the following infographic highlighting the major events in internet history.

Obsolete Skills  http://obsoleteskills.com/  Obsolete Skills Dialing a rotary phone | Putting a needle on a vinyl record | Changing tracks on an eight-track tape | Shorthand | Using a slide rule | Refilling a fountain pen | Operating a dictaphone | Using the eraser ribbon on a typewriter |

Gadgets of days gone by: the round-up  http://bit.ly/98xxwF  Gadgets of days gone by: the round-up

10 Most Powerful Computers in the World  http://bit.ly/cWdhpM  10 Most Powerful Computers in the World Ever wondered which are the most powerful supercomputers of all time? Supercomputers which with their supersonic speed broke various computing barriers and also brought in revolution in varied fields like nuclear science, medicine, environment and weather. The computing power of these computers is way beyond your imagination.

Computer History Timeline  http://www.historyofcomputing.org/  Website showing a timeline of the history of computing, from Babbage's difference engines to modern day Personal Computers

The History of the Internet in a Nutshell  http://sixrevisions.com/resources/the-history-of-the-internet-in-a-nutshell/  The History of the Internet in a Nutshell Here’s a brief history of the Internet, including important dates, people, projects, sites, and other information that should give you at least a partial picture of what this thing we call the Internet really is, and where it came from.

History of the Internet (video)  http://vimeo.com/2696386  History of the Internet (video) "History of the Internet" is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The history is told using the PICOL icons on picol.org.

(Critical) History of ICT in education  http://tinyurl.com/chq53n  (Critical) history of ICT in education - and where we are heading? The use of computers in education is much more a series of failure than success stories. I agree with Erik Duval that in general, on a large scale, the impact of technology on the way people learn has been minimal. In open distant learning and military training (simulations) there are examples of success, but these models do not fit very well into the school and university context. So, I wouldn’t call them “good examples”.

Mapping the Worlds Fastest Supercomputers 2008  http://tinyurl.com/6duad3  Mapping the World's Fastest Supercomputers While the U.S. has the world's fastest supercomputers, it faces increased pressure from countries like India and China.

(Critical) history of ICT in education  http://tinyurl.com/4ertk7  (Critical) history of ICT in education The use of computers in education is much more a series of failure than success stories. I agree with Erik Duval that in general, on a large scale, the impact of technology on the way people learn has been minimal. In open distant learning and military training (simulations) there are examples of success, but these models do not fit very well into the school and university context. So, I wouldn’t call them “good examples”.

Search the 2001 version of Google  http://www.google.com/search2001.html  Internet History : Search the 2001 version of Google ... possibly a useful tool for social studies?

The People History  http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/  The People History ... Where People Memories and History Join Together Find The History of Cost Of Living, Prices, Events, Popular Social Culture, Inventions, Technology By Year, Decade or Type From The 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's 70's, 80's, 90's and The New Millennium

George Dyson: The birth of the computer  http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/278  George Dyson: The birth of the computer .. presentation, video online Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer -- from its 16th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of some early computer engineers.

History of Technology : Timelines at Dipity  http://www.dipity.com/topic/Technology  History of Technology : Timelines at Dipity If the one you want is not here then create it online and ask others to add events ... easy to use.

Technology in 1900 (pbs)  http://pbskids.org/wayback/tech1900/index.html  Technology in 1900 (pbs) Visitors to this site are introduced to some of the new technologies that were introduced just over 100 years ago. Kids learn about the precursor to the music video, the challenges of early automobile travel, and what it was like for telephone operators before the days of direct dial. An interview with historian/entertainer Max Morath reveals what technologies were available to kids in 1900 and what they were most excited about. Finally, visitors can read predictions for the next century made in 1900, to see how people thought life would change during the 20th century.

Charles Babbage Institute  http://www.cbi.umn.edu  The Charles Babbage Institute is an archives and research center at the University of Minnesota dedicated to preserving the history of information technology and promoting and conducting research in the field.

The Second Life Computer History Museum  http://slchm.wordpress.com/  The Second Life Computer History Museum Our objective is to develop a Museum to showcase information about the history of Computers, Computing and Computer Science. The list of Exhibits includes: # A functioning Turing Machine (devised by Alan Turing to investigate computation) # A Perceptron (the forerunner of today’s neural networks) # A chatbot (to illustrate Turing’s ‘Imitation Game’) - activate the chatbot and hold a conversation # The Illiac I computer - one of the first to be built in the USA (University of Illinois, 1952) # The ENIAC computer - an even earlier computer built in the USA # The Atanasoff-Berry Computer, held by many to have been the first electronic digital computer(1937/42) The Museum can be found on Info Island II.

John Cleese in an old computer advert  http://tinyurl.com/2nz28n  John Cleese in an old computer advert Here's a bit of computer history and humor with one of Compaq Computer's ads. Compaq was trying to show its computer was compatible with IBM's personal computer. The ad showcases John Cleese comparing the Compaq Computer with a dead fish. See if you get the connection... and the dry humor.

Technology History : Videos and PowerPoints  http://technologyhistory.blogspot.com/  The link above goes to one of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provides videos and other multimedia resources to support the topic here. If you would like to see all of the Theme Blogs then go to the full list athttp://www.shambles.net/blogforest or click where you see this button

Generations of Computers  http://doit.ort.org/course/hardware.htm  Generations of Computers

ICT and Media History  http://www.caslon.com.au/timeline.htm  ICT and Media History Multipage timeline of communication, data-processing and media history over past 600 years, with links to bibliographies on 400 media groups and issues such as censorship and intellectual property

The Journey Inside  http://www.intel.com/education/journey/  The Journey InsideSM is a series of online lessons for learning about technology, computers, and society. This interactive resource uses Web-delivered video, audio, and other activities to guide students to an increased understanding of the world of technology.

Timeline: 50 Years of Hard Drives  http://tinyurl.com/erce4  Timeline: 50 Years of Hard Drives Over the past five decades, hard drives have come a long way. Travel through time with us as we chronicle 50 milestones in hard-drive development--from product firsts to new technologies, and everything in between.

W3C: History  http://www.w3.org/Consortium/history  W3C: History History of the creation of the Web in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee and of the origins of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), founded in 1994. Includes a graphical time line

Documentation of the Early Web at SLAC (1991-1994)  http://www.slac.stanford.edu/history/earlyweb/  Documentation of the Early Web at SLAC (1991-19940 Collection documents the installation of the first USA Web server at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)

Fifteen years of the web  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5243862.stm  Fifteen years of the web : an interactive timeline

Meet the internet pioneers  http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/history_internet.html  Meet the internet pioneers see Discussions about Internet History.

A network called 'Internet' (1993 Programme)  http://archives.cbc.ca/400d.asp?id=1-75-710-4205  A network called 'Internet' (1993 TV Programme) Punctuation marks that look like smiley faces express happiness on a new communication tool known as "Internet." The computer network is already being used by 15 million people worldwide to chat or do important research. Communication may be anonymous and isolated, but there's always someone to talk to about sports, recipes or politics.

History of technology listed at Wikipedia  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_technology  History of technology listed at Wikipedia The history of technology is the history of useful tools and techniques for doing practical things. It is intimately related with the history of science, which includes how humans have acquired the background knowledge necessary to build useful things. Scientific endeavors have, especially in modern times, usually depended on specific technologies which assist humans to probe the nature of the universe in more detail than our natural senses allow.

History of Microsoft listed at Wikipedia  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft  History of Microsoft listed at Wikipedia

Internet Histories: All About the Internet  http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/  Internet Histories: All About the Internet A list of sources from The Internet Society (ISOC)

Information Technology History - Outline  http://www.tcf.ua.edu/classes/Jbutler/T389/ITHistoryOutline.htm  Information Technology and Systems History - Outline The development of information technology through four periods: premechanical, mechanical, electromechanical, and electronic.

The history of computing project  http://www.thocp.net/  The history of computing project Includes a timeline ... and Storylines with alternative timelines Also computer history in a nutshell. There are over 40 small easy to digest chapters divided in 4 sections:

ICT and Technology Quotes from Students and Teachers  http://www.edutopia.org/modules/TI/swf/Tech_int_quotes.swf  ICT Quotes from Students and Teachers ... these go back a few years showing how technology has changed .... or at least opinions of technology .. even back to 1703

Ask Jeeves Logos  http://www.logocollect.com/ask/en/all_logos.php  Ask Jeeves Logos ... Jeeves retired on 28 February 2006

A Brief History of Networking  http://www.silkroad.com/net-history.html  A Brief History of Networking

The Machine That Changed the World  http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/TMTCTW.html  The Machine That Changed the World

The History of Computing  http://ei.cs.vt.edu/%7Ehistory/  The History of Computing This collection of materials relating to the history of computing is provided courtesy of the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech

History of Technology  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_Technology  History of Technology : Free online book at Wikibooks, a collection of free, open-content textbooks that you can edit. This is a wiki textbook -- feel free to edit it, update it, correct it, and otherwise increase its teaching potential. This textbook is primarily designed for Undergraduate level students of technology, media, and history. Its purpose is to examine different versions of Technological Determinism, Cultural Determinism, and other theories of how technologies are (historically) developed, and theories of the impact of technology on culture and society. Retrieved from "http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_Technology:Preface"

How the computer can help the designer  http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2006/02/how_the_compute.html  How the computer can help the designer : ICT article printed in the New Scientist, 1964

Getting Started  http://www.tcet.unt.edu/weblibrary2/?subject=technology  Getting Started An introduction to educational technology including historical views and future predictions of computers in the classroom. standards | video (11 minutes 24 seconds) | download (66 Mb) | 24 slides (0.5Mb) |

The Museum of RetroTechnology  http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/museum.htm  The Museum of RetroTechnology

15 years of the World Wide Web  http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/12/12/web.history/index.html  15 years of the World Wide Web Spark looks at the top 10 "Web moments" since the World Wide Web was born 15 years ago, and asks viewers to vote for the one they think had the most impact in the Web's history.

Computer Museums and RetroComputing Culture  http://c.webring.com/hub?ring=retrocomputing  Computer Museums and RetroComputing Culture .. WebRing The RetroComputing Ring tries to reflect the socio-anthropological impact of technological development. It's also an invitation to a reflection and comprehension, particularly from school, of Computer Science history and its social role.

History of ICT : Discussions at ITConversations  http://www.itconversations.com/series/memorylane.html  History of ICT Discussions (Memory Lane) at ITConversations Recording of discussions and presentations about History of ICT ... programmes can be downloaded free as mp3 files or by RSS subscription to podcast

The Technology Source Archives  http://www.technologysource.org/  The Technology Source Archives Published from 1997 to 2003, The Technology Source (ISSN 1532-0030) was a peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical whose purpose was to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that would assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations. This Web site maintains all of the articles originally published in The Technology Source.

ICT in 1985  http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000430055334/  ICT in 1985 ... what did it look like ... not just in education.

The time-warp project  http://www.time-warp.org/  The 20th century is marked by dramatic technology innovation. The time-warp project is an attempt to archive the rapid advance in technology through the decades. Initially we are starting from 1900 to the present. So much has happened since the harnessing of electricity! The project? goal is to help preserve information about technology and make it accessible for future generations. The time-warp archive initial categories are: Calculating Machines | Radio | Audio Equipment | Recorded Media | TV | Toys | Photography | Bibliotech (paper) | Computers | Gadget and Gizmos | Telephones | Clocks | Technology at Home  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tech/  Technology at Home How much time do you spend at your computer? How about listening to CDs or the radio? Watching TV? When was the last time you used a microwave oven? Try to imagine going through a day without these items. They all make use of technologies developed in the 20th century. This activity lets you go back through the century to find out when everyday items such as these first appeared in homes. Don't Click  http://www.dontclick.it/  Don't Click : Computer History Lesson related to the mouse and clicking. Making the Modern World Online  http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/  Making the Modern World Online is a groundbreaking initiative in web learning, based on the Science Museum's landmark gallery Making the Modern World. Funded by the Invest to Save Budget (ISB) and taking two years to complete, MMW-Online is an unprecedented collaboration between the Science Museum, Peter Symonds College and Mackenzie Ward Research (mwr) MMW-Online carries a timeline of powerful stories about the world we have made through science and invention. From Stephenson's Rocket locomotive to the Apollo 10 space capsule, from medicine to the machine gun, these stories show how our lives are shaped by the things we make, invent and use. Some great ICT history information ... but you may have to dig for it. Education at Bletchley Park  http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/  Education at Bletchley Park In addition to the main exhibition area that tells the story of Bletchley Park and the cracking of Enigma, there are also a number of specialist collections for your students to see, study and enjoy. Retro Computer Gallery  http://www.imarshall.karoo.net/  Retro Computer Gallery Internet Predictions Database  http://www.elon.edu/predictions/  The Imagining the Internet Predictions Database examines the potential future of the Internet while simultaneously providing a peek back into its history. We invite you to navigate through three useful resource areas that: illuminate the views of stakeholders - The Experts Survey; give an historic overview - The 1990 to 1995 Predictions; and allow your participation - Share Your Vision Today. The computer age dawns : the secret pioneers  http://tinyurl.com/655xs  The computer age dawns : the secret pioneers Some of the boldest early steps into the computer age were taken in Britain. Alan Turing, the father of modern computing, did his main work at Cambridge University before joining the team of code-breakers at Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes. Soon afterwards the code breakers enlisted another unlikely recruit... a Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers, who was to play a crucial role in the development of modern computing. | The computer age dawns | First electronic computer | Colossus | Colossus Mk II | Top secret | Sir John Ambrose Fleming | Konrad Zuse - experimental computer | The building of SIGSALY | Computer Hall of Fame  http://www.computerhalloffame.org/  Computer Hall of Fame Each year, the Hall of Fame Committee selects new members to the Hall of Fame from a final slate selected by the membership of the Computer Museum of America. Museum members vote from a list of nominees submitted by themselves, industry leaders and the general public. John Vincent Atanasoff | Charles Babbage | Tim Berners-Lee | Clifford Berry | Nolan Bushnell | Seymour Cray | Michael Dell | Douglas Engelbart | Lee Felsenstein | Dr. Coleman Furr | William H. Gates III | Marcian Edward Hoff | Herman Hollerith | Grace Murray Hopper | Steve Jobs | Andrew Kay | Gary Kildall | Jack St. Clair Kilby | Lady Ada Augusta Lovelace | James Martin | Sid Meier | William D. Mensch, Jr. | Jay Miner | Dennis Ritchie | Henry (Ed) Roberts | Sir Clive Sinclair | Alan Mathison Turing | Ed Yourdon | Gerald M. Weinberg | Stephen Wozniak | + others Computer Museum of America  http://www.computer-museum.org/  Computer Museum of America The Computer Museum of America was established in 1983 by Jim and Marie Petroff, founders of the San Diego Chapter of Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA). While without a display space in its early years, through the efforts of a tireless band of volunteers the Museum continued to collect and preserve historic computer equipment, as well as display portions of its collection every year at the California Computer Expo (formerly the San Diego Computer Fair). The Home Computer of the Future ... as Imagined in 1954  http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/graphics/rand_computer.jpg  The Home Computer of the Future ... as Imagined in 1954 From Popular Mechanics, 1954: "Scientists from the RAND corporation have created this model to illustrate how a 'Home Computer' could look like in the year 2004. However, the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems." Also see http://tinyurl.com/6x798 A brief history of the Internet  http://www.netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=Internet  A brief history of the Internet at Netlingo The Edsac Simulator  http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~edsac/  The Edsac Simulator The EDSAC was the world's first stored-program computer to operate a regular computing service. Designed and built at Cambridge University, England, the EDSAC performed its first calculation on 6th May 1949. Obsolete Computer Museum  http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/  Obsolete Computer Museum History of Computing Science  http://www.eingang.org/Lecture/  History of Computing Science : These lectures are usually designed as study-guides for students, but can make really interesting surfing for anyone. Welcome to Calypso's Lecture Series for CS-100. The first (and only) lecture in the series is about the history of computing from the past to the present. This offers the student or casual browser an overview of the advances in science that made desktop computers possible starting with the invention of counting. The Computer History Museum  http://www.computerhistory.org/  The Computer History Museum is the world's largest and most significant history museum for preserving and presenting the computing revolution and its impact on the human experience. It allows you to discover how computing became the amplifier for our minds and changed the way we work, live and play. We hope your visit will be educational and entertaining and that the legacy of these innovations live on to inspire others. New Media Timeline 1969 to 1998  http://www.poynterextra.org/extra/Timeline/index.htm  New Media Timeline 1969 to 1998 Our timeline looks at the history of new media journalism and the Internet, beginning in 1969 and continuing through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Because the history of new media journalism is such a complex story, we are presenting it in two parts, with parallel sections on "Technology" and "The Media." Classic Computer Magazine Archive  http://www.atarimagazines.com/  Classic Computer Magazine Archive - his site presents the full text of early personal computing magazines, including images and advertisements. History of the Computer - Timeline  http://www.pbs.org/nerds/timeline/index.html  History of the Computer - Timeline Triumph of the Nerds  http://www.pbs.org/nerds/  Triumph of the Nerds PBS Online is proud to present the companion Web site for the PBS television special "Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires." On television and the Internet, you can learn in vivid detail how youthful amateurs, hippies and self-proclaimed "nerds" accidentally changed the world. Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Information Technology: Computers  http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/techhistory.htm  Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Information Technology: Computers Information Age centers on the technical evolution of electrical and electronic information technology. The telegraph began a revolution in communications by transmitting information in electrical form instantly to distant locations. This new phenomenon of instant information was later expanded by the telephone, radio and television. Then the digital electronic computer made it possible to process information instantly. As the computer developed and matured, communication and processing technologies were joined into networks that now stretch around the world, affecting all areas of global society. The Computer History Museum in Mountain View California  http://www.computerhistory.org/index.page  The Computer History Museum in Mountain View California This site provides online resources for the computer history researcher. It includes a timeline of computer technology, an artifact database, a document archive, and online exhibits. The Virtual Museum of Computing (VMOC)  http://vmoc.museophile.org/  The Virtual Museum of Computing (VMOC) This virtual museum includes an eclectic collection of World Wide Web (WWW) hyperlinks connected with the history of computing and on-line computer-based exhibits available both locally and around the world. This museum opened on 1st June 1995. The museum receives about 200 visitors each day. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing  http://www.computer.org/annals/  IEEE Annals of the History of Computing: IEEE Computer Society The IEEE Computer Society provides, free of charge, selected articles from the Annals of the History of Computing. Access to the full collection requires a subscription or an E-account. The digital archives go back to 1979. Time line of Computing History: IEEE Computer Society  http://www.computer.org/computer/Timeline/  Time line of Computing History: IEEE Computer Society This timeline, from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society, traces the evolution of computer and computing technology. The timeline is sixty-eight pages long, and includes graphics. The Computer Chronicles  http://www.archive.org/movies/computerchronicles.php  Hosted by Stewart Cheifet, Computer Chronicles is the world's most popular television program on personal technology. Currently in its 19th broadcast season (2002), the show is viewed by over 1 million people on nearly 300 stations in the United States and over 100 countries worldwide! The series covers high-tech subjects around the world, having shot programs in such various locations as France, Israel, Scotland, India, Taiwan, Japan, Hungary, Germany, and Hong Kong. Computer Chronicles is also videotaped on location in San Francisco and in Silicon Valley areas. ICT | IT | technology | history | social | Electronic Brains : Radio 4 Series  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/electronicbrains.shtml  Electronic Brains .. listen online A series of 4 programmes which tells the stories of some of the computer pioneers in Britain, America and the Ukraine. Each is a little cameo of social history of the early postwar years half a century ago, from a time when "everything you did was new, no-one had ever done it before". Fifty years ago the great catering company J Lyons, best known for its Teashops and Corner Houses, ran the world's first real business computer program, calculating the value of its bakery sales. Astonishingly Lyons had also developed and built the computer itself, and it gave it the playful name of "LEO" - short for Lyons Electronic Office. Across the Atlantic, two rival teams were developing their own business computers, shortly to become famous as the "Univacs", the name that came to mean "computer" in 50's America. One group worked in an old barn, overlooked by an ancient stuffed moose.