Accidental Empires

Development of the Personal Computer

• Triumph of the Nerds (Includes a transcript of the video)

• Discussion Board - For sharing relevant resources for this unit

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• Worksheet 1
• Worksheet 2
• Worksheet 3

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• Obsolete Computer Museum
• A History of Apple Computer
• A History of Computing
• A Collection of Computer History related links
• History of Intel
• Chronology of Personal Computers
• A History of Microsoft Windows
• A History of Shareware
• A History of the Microprocessor (Intel)
• Past Notable Women of Computing

The purpose of the task is to create a summary of the video you have watched, so that someone may gain an understanding of the history and development of the personal computer without having to view more than 2 hours of video.

You must, however, reorganise the information into chronological order. 

• What events and people should I cover?

These sites are concerned with design and presentation tips

• Introduction to screen presentations
• Scoring PowerPoints - A web article about good and bad use of PowerPoint
• Creating effective presentations
• Avoid PowerPoint Pitfalls
• Choosing the right colours for your presentation
• Polishing your presentation
• Effective Presentations
• How to make a bad PowerPoint presentation
• 7 Deadly sins of ineffective PowerPoint
• The Good, The Bad and the Ugly in PowerPoint Slides
• Making Powerpoint slides - Avoiding Pitfalls