Research Project Using Wikipedia, Google Scholar etc, find out as much information about one of the people

or organizations your teacher gives you and answer the following questions: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) When were they born/founded (if a company)? Where were they born/founded (if a company)? Were they born in the Agrarian, Industrial or Information Age? What jobs did they do apart from working with computers? What did they invent/produce that changed ICT? Why did it change ICT? Do we still use their invention today? If not, what do we use today that wouldnt exist without their invention? List as many things as you can think of. 7) Do you feel this person was important to the history of ICT? If not, who do you believe was more important with regards to that invention or development (for example, should someone else receive credit for smartphones instead of Steve Jobs - who?) 8) If theyre dead how did they die, and when? If not what are they doing now? Did they produce anything else that benefitted ICT?

Bill Gates & Microsoft Charles Babbage Steve Jobs & Apple Mark Zuckerburg & Facebook Alan Turing

Ada Lovelace Google ARPAnet Jimmy Wales and Wikipedia IBM