Change over time
Introduction
Recognise how the impacts of technology change over time.
Self study resources
'The World of Programming Infographic'. Pioneers, facts and timeline.Â
Resources for lectures or group study
Britain's first home computer: Tomorrow's World BBC1967. (3 minute YouTube video).
Resources for use with pupils
Explore some of the ways that people have communicated throughout history, and learn how these technologies have changed our world, at the Gallery of Communications from OMNI.
An introduction to 5 information pioneers from BCS: Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, Hedy Lamarr, Sir Clive Sinclair and Sir Tim Berners-Lee through short clips introduced by familiar TV personalities such as Kate Russell.
The State of the Internet Now: An animated infographic that illustrates current facts and figures about the state of the internet: how many users, what they are doing, and how they are spending their money.
BrainPop Animated movie on Computer history: How did we get from punch cards to PDAs? See examples of early counting devices and discover what the earliest programmable machines did. Learn about three of the very earliest computers, and watch as developing technology shrank the computer down from five tonnes to the size of your fingernail! Also see a related resource on Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage. Resources include quizzes and information pages. (subscription needed)