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The document traces the development of the Information Age from the 1970s to the present. It began as computers and the internet became more widely used, marking a shift from traditional industry to an era defined by rapid communication technology growth. This new digital age is characterized by easy access to vast amounts of information and knowledge through interconnected computer systems. The document provides timelines of important technological developments and explores how computers work and their various applications in science, research, and daily life. It also discusses evaluating the reliability of online sources of information.

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Chapter-3-Lesson-1-Information Age

The document traces the development of the Information Age from the 1970s to the present. It began as computers and the internet became more widely used, marking a shift from traditional industry to an era defined by rapid communication technology growth. This new digital age is characterized by easy access to vast amounts of information and knowledge through interconnected computer systems. The document provides timelines of important technological developments and explores how computers work and their various applications in science, research, and daily life. It also discusses evaluating the reliability of online sources of information.

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THE INFORMATION AGE

Elena A. Dantes
Course Facilitator
GE STS
2
Objectives:
1. Trace the development of the
Information age;
2. Learn how technology functions; and
3. Appreciate its influence in people’s lives
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INFORMATION
• Knowledge communicated or obtained
concerning a specific fact or circumstance.
(Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary)
• Facts provided or learned about something or
someone
THE INFORMATION AGE
• Considered as a historic
period in the 21st century.
• Characterized by the rapid
shift from traditional industry
• It is also called the computer
age, digital age and the new
media age.
THE INFORMATION AGE
• It is marked by a very fast
growth in communication
and information
technology.
• This age holds a significant
influence to educators and
learners
THE INFORMATION AGE
• Invention of Computer and
Internet turned the society
into home buddies and who
do everything from the
comfort of their homes.
THE INFORMATION AGE
• The Information Age is a true new age based upon the
interconnection of computers via telecommunications,
with these information systems operating on both a real-
time and as needed basis. Furthermore, the primary
factors driving this new age forward are convenience and
user-friendliness, which in turn, will create user
dependence.

(James R. Messenger, Theory of Information Age, 1982)


THE INFORMATION AGE
• It began at around 1970s and still
going on today.
• This era brought about a time in
which people could access
information and knowledge easily
THE INFORMATION AGE
• Information age also referred to
people, information and societies
that chronicle the birth and growth
of electronic information
Timeline of the Information Age
3000 BC – Sumerian writing system used pictographs to represent words.
2900 BC – Beginnings of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing.
1300 BC – Tortoise shell and oracle bone writing were used.
500 BC – Papyrus roll was used.
220 BC – Chinese small seal writing was developed.
100 AD – Book (Parchment codex)
105 AD – Woodblock printing and paper was invented by the Chinese.
1455 – Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press using movable
metal type.
1755 – Samuel Johnson’s dictionary standardized English spelling
Timeline of the Information Age
1802 – The Library of Congress was established.
- Invention of the carbon arc lamp.
1824 – Research on persistence of vision published.
1830 – First viable design for a digital computer.
- Augusta Lady Byron writes the world’s first computer program.
1837 – Invention of the telegraph in Great Britain and the United States.
1861 – Motion pictures were projected unto a screen.
1876 – Dewey Decimal System was introduced.
1877 – Eadweard Muybridged demonstrated high-speed photography
1899 – 1st magnetic recordings were released
1902 – Motion picture special effects were used
Timeline of the Information Age
1906 – Lee Deforest invented the electronic amplifying tube (triode)
1923 – Television camera tube was invented by Zvorkyn.
1926 – First practical sound movie.
1939 – Regularly scheduled television broadcasting began in US.
1940’s – Beginnings of Information Science as a discipline.
1945 – Vannevar Bush foresaw the invention of hypertext.
1946 – ENIAC computer was developed.
1948 – Birth of the field of Information Theory proposed by Claude Shannon
1957 – Planar Transistor was developed by Jean Hoerni.
1958 – 1st integrated circuit.
Timeline of the Information Age
1960’s – Library of Congress developed LC MARC (Machine-
Readable code)
1969 – UNIX operating system was developed, which could handle
multitasking.
1971 – Intel introduced the 1st microprocessor chip.
1972 – Optical laserdisc was developed by Philips and MCA
1974 – MCA and Philips agreed on a standard videodisc encoding
format.
1975 – Altair Microcomputer Kit was released: 1st Personal Computer
for the public
1977 – RadioShack introduced the first complete Personal Computer
Timeline of the Information Age
1984 – Apple Macintosh computer was introduced.
Mid 1980s – Artificial intelligence was separated from Information
Science.
1987 – Hypercard was developed by Bill Atkinson recipe box
metaphor.
1991 – Four Hundred Fifty complete works

January 1997 – RSA (encryption and network security software)


Internet Security Code cracked for a 48-bit number
▫ The Periods of The Information

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▫ The Truths of the Information Age
- Robert Harris

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Computer

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Computer

▫ Is an electronic device that stores and


processes data (information)

▫ It runs on a program that contains the exact,


step-by-step directions to solve a problem
USHistory.org. (2017)
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Types of Computer

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Types of Computer

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Types of
Computer

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Types of
Computer

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Types of
Computer

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Types of
Computer

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The
World
Wide
Web

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Applications of Computers in
Science and Research

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Reliability of Web Sources

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Students’ Activity

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Thank you for
listening!

Elena A. Dantes

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