Lower Sixth Introductory Work

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Eminent Computer People

Describe the contribution of the following people to the development of computing:

  1. Charles Babbage
  2. George Boole
  3. Alan Turing: Video
  4. John von Neumann: Video
  5. John Mauchly
  6. Grace Hopper
  7. John Backus
  8. Niklaus Wirth
  9. Alan Kay: YouTube
  10. Gordon Moore: YouTube
  11. Tim Berners-Lee: YouTube
  12. Steve Jobs: YouTube
  13. Clive Sinclair: YouTube
  14. Bill Gates: YouTube

Write a short paragraph on each person using your own words and giving an account of their contribution to the development of computers, computing and computer science. Do not copy large chunks of material from web sites. Read and summarise, 5-8 lines each. We will go through this in class, asking for contributions at random.

Videos

General
Virtual Revolution Aleks Krotoski Virtual Revolution Aleks Krotoski: Jaron Lanier
     
TED: Technology, Ray Kurzweil    
     
Dangerous Knowledge    
     
MIT Computer Science Lectures
1. Intro to Computer Science 2: 3:
4: 5: 6:
7: 8: 9:
10: 11: 12:
13: 14: 15:
16: 17: 18:
19: 20: 21:
22: 23: 24:
Other Computer Science Lectures
Richard Buckland lecture 2 Pathways in Computer Science Pathways in Computer Science
     
     
     
     
     
     

Delphi

If you are going to take A Level Computing seriously you need a good programming language. We use Delphi, which can be bought for around £70 (try Pugh Computers). This will see you through to the end of A2 and beyond.

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