6 Strands of Technology Strand 1: Toffler’s 3 Waves Strand 2: Technology Strand 3: Work Strand 4: Education Strand 5: Society and Culture Strand 6: Political

Toffler’s 3 Waves

Agriculture Wave 8000 B.C A.D.

 People tied to the land  Extended family lived together  Central location  Life revolved around the land

 Traveled by: ◦ Horseback ◦ Foot ◦ Horse and buggy  Limited communication ◦ Pony Express

Industrial Wave

 Families separated  Work outside of the home  Agriculture was replaced by factories ◦ Mass production ◦ Assembly Line

Travel Made Easy!  Automobile  Airplane  Overnight express  Books and tape more available

Information Wave

 Single family homes  2 working parents  Working as a team in the workplace  Technology in the workplace ◦ Computers ◦ Cell phones

 Digital Kids  Video games  “Hyper Kids” ◦ Children attached to the internet

Communication Wave 2005 until ? Overlapping the Information Wave

 Schools ◦ Online classes ◦ Virtual classroom  Youth Connected ◦ My Space and Facebook  Work Style ◦ Work from home ◦ Independently

Dependent on wireless communication.

Technology

1900: Kodak Brownie camera 1901:Marconi picks up the first transatlantic radio signal 1903:Lightweight electric iron introduced  1906:First air- conditioned hospital  1908: Model T introduced

 1913:First electric dishwasher on the market 1915: First transcontinental telephone call  1919: First automatic pop-up toaster  1920:Yellow traffic lights

 1920’s: Windmills used to drive generators 1925: Televisor  1927: First garbage disposal  1929: Television camera and a cathode- ray tube receiver  1930: Synthetic rubber developed

 1931: central air- conditioning  1933: Electron microscope  1933: First modern commercial airliner  1933: FM radio  1937: Jet engines designed  1939: Atanasoff-Berry Computer, the first electronic computer

 1943: Radar storm detection  1946: First electronic computer put into operation  1946: Tupperware  1947: Sound barrier broken  1949: First jet- powered commercial aircraft

 1951: Direct long distance calling first available  1952: Walk/Don’t Walk signal  1957: Sputnik I  1958: United States launches its first satellite  1959: Ultrasound

 1962: John Glenn is the first American to circle Earth  1964: Carbon fiber developed  1965: Compact Disc  1967: Hand Held Calculator  1968: RAM introduced for computers

 1971: Soft Contact  1972: First program  1972: CAT or CT scan is introduced  1973: First portable cell phone call is made  1978:First electronic sewing machine  1978: First cochlear implant surgery

The computer age has begun!  1981: IBM Personal Computer released  1983: The Internet!  1984: Macintosh is introduced  1985: Windows 1.0 is released  1990: Hubble Space Telescope

OldNew  1991: World Wide Web  1997: Fiber Optic Link Around the Globe  1998: International Space Station  2000: 100 million cellular telephone subscribers

 Throughout the twentieth century, numerous technological advances became available to society. One may not realize the importance of some or the impact; however, if man did not have some of these modern conveniences, the world would be a much different place.

Work

 1900’s:Firestone Tire and Rubber Company  In1903: Hershey Chocolate  1900’s :John D. Rockefeller helps philanthropies  1910: Less than 5,000 chain stores  1915: R.H. Macy, B. Altman's, Lord & Taylor, Sterns, and Saks Fifth Avenue stores open in Manhattan

 1924: The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade  1925: Sears Roebuck & Co.  1931: Bloomingdale's opens  1935:127,482 chain stores

: WWII impacts the economy More women enter the workforce 1949: 75 cents per hour 1957: Toys R Us opens

 1962: Wal- Mart opens, soon to be the top rated retail store!  1963: Equal Pay Act  1964:Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  1978: The Home Depot's first store opens in Decatur, Ga.

 1982: Food courts become focal points in malls.  1986: QVC debuts.  1990: Wal-Mart is number one U.S. retailer in sales.  1992: Macy's files Chapter 11.  1993: Sears ceases publication of its "Big Book" catalog.

 Throughout the twentieth century the working class has changed. Women have entered the work force and have equal pay. Some businesses have thrived over time and others are no longer available.