Strand One: Toffler’s Three Waves Plus One Technological changes throughout time

AS TIME PROGRESSES, SO DOES TECHNOLOGY First Wave Agricultural: 8000BC--1650 --1750 Second Wave Industrial 1750-1950 Third Wave Informational 1950-2003 AS TIME PROGRESSES, SO DOES TECHNOLOGY Fourth Wave Nano/biotechnology 2003--????

First Wave: Agricultural8000BC-1650-1750 Education: individual instruction, limited resources, schooled at home Communication: Oral and Gestural Economy: production and consumption of food, hunting & gathering, families self-sufficient Family Structure: Extended; families tend to live on same land, Politics: castes & classes, authoritarian & birthrights Production: Energy from sun, wind & water “Living Batteries”, “energy slaves”; forest, rivers, people and animals could be replaced

First Wave 8000 BC-1650-1750 Second Wave Industry 1750-1950 Economy: mass production of food, trade, stores, corporations (1907), Family structure: Nuclear (2 parent-home), extended families distanced Education: mass education, factory/assembly line focuses: rote & repetitive work, punctuality, obedience Politics: crisis & strikes, coup d'états, wars Production: factories, assembly lines, refrigerator in kitchens, vitamins(increased life expectancy), Communication/Technology: transportation, tractors, post office (1837), telephone, typewriters, newspapers, movies

Third Wave Informational 1950-2003 First Wave 8000BC-1650-1750 Second Wave 1750-1950 Third Wave Informational 1950-2003 Economy: oil and gas production (foreign), money exchange rates, global industries (trade & travel) Family structure: 2 working parent families, single-parent families, grand-parent /grand-child families Education: computer labs, online courses (virtual schools), LCD projectors, CD, internet Politics: capitalism, socialism, communism, world governments: UN, EURO Production: increased flights, cars & busses, space exploration, drug & vaccines Communication/Technology: computers/laptops, internet, cell phones, webcams, instant messaging

First Wave 8000BC-1650-1750 Second Wave 1750-1950 Third Wave 1950-2005 Fourth Wave 2005- The next wave will be what Dr. Thornburg & Dr. Dede both predict. It will be a wave of creativity found through new innovative technologies; nano & biotechnologies. “It will offer better built, longer lasting, cleaner, safer, and smarter products for the home, for communications, for medicine, for transportation, for agriculture, and for industry in general.” --Center for Responsible Nanotechnology.

First Wave 8000BC-1650-1750 Second Wave 1750-1950 Third Wave 1950-2003 Fourth Wave 2003-??? Instant communication: cell phones Priests in temples taught religion & principles in writing Factories, mass production Human genome sequence was completed.

References: Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN). www.crnano.org/whatis.htm Dede, C. (Speaker). (2008). The Next Wave, Part 2. Laureate Education, Inc. Thornburg, D. (Speaker). (2008). The Next Wave, Part 1. Laureate Education, Inc Toffler, Alvin. (1980). The Third Wave. New York: Bantam Books Cambridge University Press Wright Jr.,B.D. (2009, March 8). Assistant Regional Manager. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. (interview)