DE LA SALLE LIPA

College of Education, Arts and Sciences

Office of the National Service Training Program

Lesson Plan
Section: A1B Group: 2 Deployment #: 2
Pinagtong ulan Elementary School

I. Title: History of Computer

II. Objectives:
 To provide students with the insights necessary to understand the historical
sequence of the development of computer

III. Materials:
 computer/laptop
 PowerPoint presentation
 prizes

IV. Procedure:
A. Motivation (what strategies will you employ that will motivate the students to participate
in your activity?)
 The strategies that we are going to use are: we are going to give
incentives to those who are active in the discussion, most behave and the like.

B. Discussion (what will be discussed and how will you discuss your lesson-what are your
strategies?

Humans have always needed to perform arithmetic like counting and adding.
During the pre-historic period, they counted either on their fingers or by scratching marks
on the bones and then with the help of stone, pebble and beads. The early civilization had
witnessed men develop number systems to keep track of the astronomical cycles,
businesses, etc. The word 'computing' means 'an act of calculating'. After the invention of
the manual calculating tools, the concept of using 'electronic gadgets' for computations
were introduced which gave birth to the computers.

Short Summary of the History of Computers

Simple Computers
By definition, a computer is any device capable of performing mathematical equations or
calculations. Therefore, many simple devices such as an abacus (which dates back to at
least 300 BCE) or a slide rule (first made in England in the 1630s) are the forerunners of
today's modern computers.
The abacus was an early aid for mathematical computations. Its only value is that it aids
the memory of the human performing the calculation. A skilled abacus operator can work on
addition and subtraction problems at the speed of a person equipped with a hand calculator
(multiplication and division are slower).
In 1617 an eccentric (some say mad) Scotsman named John Napier
invented logarithms, which are a technology that allows multiplication to be performed via
addition. The magic ingredient is the logarithm of each operand, which was originally
obtained from a printed table. But Napier also invented an alternative to tables, where the
 logarithm values were carved on ivory sticks which are now called Napier's Bones. Napier's
invention led directly to the slide rule.
The Calculating Clock
The first machine that worked like a computer was a gear-powered German device
dubbed the Calculating Clock. It was first created by Wilhelm Schickard in 1623, and it
operated by pulling or pushing rods set inside a glass case. A similar device known as a
Pascaline became popular in the 1640s. These two devices were the forerunners of a
steam-powered "difference engine" that was a pet project of Charles Babbage in the 1820s.

Harvard Mark-1
In 1944, the Harvard Mark-1 computer is completed. This computer is closer to a
modern computer, but is really just a large calculator driven by a camshaft with no stored
programs. This massive computer filled a large room and was a joint effort between Harvard
University and IBM.
ENIAC
Another important computer dating from the 1940s is the ENIAC, which was built
between 1943 and 1945. ENIA (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) was a
project of the University of Pennsylvania, and spanned many rooms and used nearly 20,000
vacuum tubes.
The Dawn of the Microprocessor
A microprocessor is a chip that basically contains an entire computer (or at least a
1940's era computer) using a integrated circuit. The first microprocessor was made by Intel
in 1971. With the advent of this technology, the home computers become a possibility.
The First PC
The first personal computer for home use was the Altair 8800, which contained an Intel
8080 microprocessor. However, this computer had to be assembled by the person who
bought it.

 We will try to make the discussion simpler by showing pictures and timelines of it
so that the students can easily understand.

C. Evaluation (what are your activities after the lesson?)

 Students will be given a short quiz about the topic.
(Bonus question: the name of their teachers in Computer  )

V. Assignment
For next meeting, make a research on the different parts of computer.

Leader:
Lipat, Gemela Marie M.
Members:
Aguado, Catherine
Ariola, Carmela
Leader:_____________
Bautista, Angeli
Members: Dela Rama, Clarissa
Salcedo, Karen
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