Too Much Tech?

Is it possible for a company or other organization to rely on technology too much?

What are some of the drawbacks of a company that has gone completely 'paperless'?

Can you think of some specific areas within our school where we are relying on technology too much? What would you change?

Post your responses on your blogs and then read and comment on two of your classmates' posts.

Influential People Presentations

(taken from: http://tech100.t3.com/1/Steve-Jobs.html)

Choose one of the following influential people and prepare a presentation for the rest of the class on Thursday and Friday (can be Keynote, Powerpoint, Prezi, etc). Two students cannot cover the same person, so let me know who you're presenting ASAP! As a rough guideline, your presentations should be about 10 minutes long.

1. Sergey Brin and Larry Page – Google


2. Evan Williams – Twitter NADIA


3. Daniel Ek – Spotify


4. Stephen Fry – Celebrity (Twitter)


5. Sir Howard Stringer – Sony


6. Richard Branson - Virgin Airlines


7. Yong Nam – LG NAHYEON


8. Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij - Bit Torrent/The Pirate Bay


9. Bill Gates - Microsoft DARIAN


10. Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook GEORGE


11. Steve Ballmer – Microsoft


12. James Cameron - Director (Avatar, Titanic, Terminator, etc)


13. Sam Houser - Rockstar Games YOHAN


14. Radiohead - Music Distribution


15. Satoru Iwata - Nintendo YOHANES

Focus your research with the following questions:

1) Brief background (how they started).

2) What did they do to develop technology?

3) What impact has it had on society?

4) Who else has made a similar impact?

5) Are there any controversies connected with your subject? As in, has your person been criticized by any groups for what they have done during their life?

Also, find an article about your subject (or their specific company) and lead the class in an analysis using the ITGS Triangle.