Toffler’s three waves-timeline[2]

Toffler’s Three WavesTimeline

byARBERNICE ROUSE

First Wave: Agricultural Age8000 B.C. 1750

Extended family.Family business was agriculture.People traveled on foot or horses and communicated face-to-face.Unemployment was as low as 1.7% in 1906 to as high as 8% in 1908. Oral limited books, multiage groups, and home schooling.

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The Second Wave The Industrial Age1750-1955

Nuclear FamilyTop down bureaucratic factoriesAutomobiles and planes Face-to-face communicationBooks videos, and filmstrips were used.Children were grouped by age and gender in schools.

The Third Wave Informational Age 1950-2005

One both parents in the household worked.Collaborative teamwork, flexible hours and location. Automobiles, cell phones, and computers.Digital hyperlinks and the internet .

The Fourth Wave Global Communication

In this age where we have information at the tip of our fingers through the worldwide web via the internet, the use of the iPad a portable notebook, cloning of animals and genetic manipulation.

Resources

Toffler, Alvin (1980). The third wave. New York, NY: Bantam Books.

Toffler’s Three WavesTimeline

byARBERNICE ROUSE

First Wave: Agricultural Age8000 B.C. 1750

Extended family.Family business was agriculture.People traveled on foot or horses and communicated face-to-face.Unemployment was as low as 1.7% in 1906 to as high as 8% in 1908. Oral limited books, multiage groups, and home schooling.

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The Second Wave The Industrial Age1750-1955

Nuclear FamilyTop down bureaucratic factoriesAutomobiles and planes Face-to-face communicationBooks videos, and filmstrips were used.Children were grouped by age and gender in schools.

The Third Wave Informational Age 1950-2005

One both parents in the household worked.Collaborative teamwork, flexible hours and location. Automobiles, cell phones, and computers.Digital hyperlinks and the internet .

The Fourth Wave Global Communication

In this age where we have information at the tip of our fingers through the worldwide web via the internet, the use of the iPad a portable notebook, cloning of animals and genetic manipulation.

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Technology: Key advances and innovations for each decade

1900-1910

1901-Herbert Booth a compact modern vacuum cleaner1903-Wright Brothers -first motored and manned airplane.1910-Thomas Edison -demonstrated the first talking motion picture. 1914-Garrett A Morgan- the first Morgan gas mask1919-Charles Strite - pop-up toaster

1920-1930

1923-Garrett A Morgan traffic light1925John Logie Baird mechanical television (precursor to the modern television)1930-Harold Edgerton - stop-action photography1932-Edwin Herbert Land Polaroid photography1933Edwin Howard Armstrong frequency modulation (FM radio)

1940-1950

1940-Peter Goldmark-colored television1942-John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry first electronic digital computer1946-Percy Spencer microwave oven1951-Charles Ginsburg first video tape recorder (VTR)1957-Fortran (computer language)

1960-1970

1962-the audio cassette 1963-video disk1964-(an early computer language) 1965-Janes Russell compact disk1968-Robert Dennard RAM (random access memory)1979-cell phone

1980-1990

1981-IBM –PC1984-Apple Macintosh1985-Windows by Microsoft1990-Tim Berners-Lee the World Wide Web and Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML)1993- the Pentium processor1996- Web TV

2000 and onwards

2001-Apple portable music digital player iPod2007-Apple iPhone 2010- Apple iPad

References

http://www.tms.riverview.wednet.edu/lrc/inventions.htm

http://inventors.about.com/od/timeline/a/ModernInvention.htm

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Work: Business and corporate philosophies by decade

1900-1910

1900-US Steel Corporation organized1900-Twenty-four million workers age10 and older registered1902-Approximately 150 thousand United Mine Workers strike for wage increase1913-Labor Department established1914-World War I began in Europe

1920-1930

1921-The Black Labor Party strike of mine workers failed1929-The Dow Jones closed a 381.17. 1929-Stock Market crashed on the 24th of October, was called “Black Thursday” began the Great Depression1930-Unemployment rate was high1930-The population of the US was at 123 million1934-100 million acres were ruined by the Dust Storm and 200 million acres of cropland1938-Fair Labor Standards Act establishes minimum wages

1940-1950

1940-First Social Security benefit checks are paid out January 30th

1941-Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor starts World War II1943-The president freezes prices, salaries and wages to prevent inflation1947-Taft-Hartley Act passed1950-1953-Korean War1955-AFL and CIO merge and becomes AFL-CIO1955-1975 Vietnam War

1960-1970

1963-Equal Pay Act passes1969-ATM began operating in New York1972-Watergate Scandal

1980-1990

1980-The Federal Hourly Wage was set to $3.10 an hour1980-60,000 oil refinery workers strike1980-Unemployment rate 7.1 percent1991-The Persian Gulf War (January 16th-April 6th)1993-North American Free Trade Agreement passes1998-Google

2000 and onwards

2004-Congress extends tax cuts2005-Hurricane Katrina leaves millions homeless and 1,000 died2007-Minimum wages goes from $5.15 per hour to $5.852009-Wages went to $7.25 per hour2009-Unemployment reaches 9.3 percent

Resources

http://www.animatedatlas./com/timeline.htmlhttp://www.factmonster.comhttp://timelines.ws/20th cent/1900.HTML

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Education: Important theories of learning and instruction by decade

1900-1910

1901-Dewey publishes Psychology and How We Think describing his Functional Theories.1912-Frederic Burk developed one of the first individual instruction systems.1913-Thorndike’s Connectionism of Learning =Stimulus-Responses became the leading educational psychology.1919-The Winnetka Plan was developed by Carleton W. Washburn which provided self-instructional and self-corrective practice materials.

1920-1930

1920-Kurt Lewin’s Field Theory and a Science of Instruction.1922-Dewey publishes Human Nature and Conduct describing the interaction of the individual and his environment. 1925-1935-Henry Clinton Morrison’s Morris Plan1929-Piaget presents his learning theory of genetic epistemology. Learning is the construction of meaning.1938-Skinner publishes Behavior of Organisms that repopularizes behaviorist classroom models.

1940-1950

1953 - Burrhus Frederic (B.F.) Skinner's Science and Human Behavior is published. His form of behaviorism (operant conditioning), which emphasizes changes in behavior due to reinforcement, becomes widely accepted and influences many aspects of American education1954-Skinner publishes The science of Learning and the Art of Teaching. 1956-Edward Bloom Blooms Taxonomy

1960-1970

1962-Vygotsky publishes Thought and Language that explores social development theories of learning.1965-The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is passed.1966-Bruner publishes Toward a Theory of Instruction where he introduces Constructivist Learning Theory.1977-Sternberg publishes Intelligence, Information Processing, and Analogical Reasoning informing a Triarchic Learning Theory.

1980-1990

1982 –Gardner publishes Art Mind and brain in which he introduces his Multiple Intelligences Learning Theory.1982 - Madeline C. Hunter's book, Mastery Teaching, is published.1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Windows is released.

2000 and onward

2000-David Wiley LODAS Learning Object Design and Sequencing.2001 - The controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is approved by Congress and signed into law.2003 - Ruth Clark Efficiency of Learning

Resources

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html#1900

Toffler, Alvin (1980). The third wave. New York, NY: Bantam Books.

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Society and culture: Events that determined the thinking of each decade

1900-1910

1903 – Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight in heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C. 1906 - San Francisco earthquake and three-day fire; more than 500 dead.1907 – First blood transfusion with human blood.1916 – Polio epidemic in the US. 1918 - Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S., 500,000 perish.

1920-1930

1920-Women gained the right to vote.1922 – Insulin discovered.1928 – Penicillin discovered.1928 – First Mickey Mouse Cartoon.1931 – Empire State Building completed.1933 – Prohibition ends.

1940-1950

1944- D Day1946 – Dr. Spock’s common Book on Baby and Childcare.1950 – First “Peanuts” Cartoon Strip.1952- Car seatbelt introduced.1954 – Segregation ruled illegal in the US.

1960-1970

1964 – Civil Rights Act passes in the US.1965 – New York City black out.1967 – First heart transplant.1969 – Sesame Street airs.1973 – Roe versus Wade.

1980-1990

1981 – New plague identified as AIDS.1982 – Michael Jackson’s song “Thriller” introduced. 1986 – Challenger Space Shuttle explodes.1999 – Killing spree at Columbine High School.

2000 and onward

2000 - George W Bush accepts the presidency following questions about ballots.2000 - Y2K Bug.2000 – Mapping the human genome.

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Political

1900-1910

1902 –Cuba gains independence from Spain.1905 - Russian Revolution “Bloody Sunday”1907 – Second Hague Peace Conference.1909 – National Association of Colored People founded by W.E.B. DuBois.

1920-1930

1920 – 19th Amendment ratified Women’s Suffrage. 1923 - Adolf Hitler's "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich fails; in 1924 he is sentenced to five years in prison where he writes Mein Kampf.1924 – Teapot Dome Scandal.1932 – Famine is widespread in the U.S.S.R.

1940-1950

1940 – Winston Churchill becomes Britain’s Prime Minister.1941 – First US Lend Lease shipment of food sent to Britain.1942 – Declaration of United nations is signed in Washington.1950- Korean War begins

1960-1970

1963 – John F Kennedy assainated.1964 – Civil Rights Act signed.1972 – Watergate Scandal.1974 – US President Nixon resigns.

1980-1990

1981 – Sandra Day O Connor first woman appointed to Supreme Court.1985 – PLO terrorist hijack the Achille Lauro cruise ship.1986 – President Regan freezes Libyia assests.

2000 and onwards

2000 – Mad Cow Disease alarms Europe.2001 – Sept. 11th terrorist attack on the US.2001 – 178 nations reach an agreement on climate and global warming

Resources

http://www.animatedatlas./com/timeline.htmlhttp://www.factmonster.comhttp://timelines.ws/20th cent/1900.HTMLhttp://web.nmsu.edu/~mlicona/ted5314/timeline.html