Web Quest Scavenger Hunt
Graham Burdon and Luke Pavao
Question 1: The Earliest Computing Device
Question 2: These Are In Order
The Abacus Binary System The abacus was created in about 2400 B.C. | IBM 701 The IBM 701 went public on April 7, 1953. http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/701/701_intro.html | Geniac The Geniac was produced in 1955. http://www.earlycomputers.com/cgi-bin/item-report-main.cgi?20110224 |
The Abacus Binary System
IBM 701
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/701/701_intro.html
Geniac
http://www.earlycomputers.com/cgi-bin/item-report-main.cgi?20110224
UNIVAC II The second creation in the UNIVAC line was released in 1957. http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/UNIVAC/102621857.03.01.lg.jpg http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/9566/397519-complete.jpg | Commodore 64 The Commodore 64 went public in 1962. http://www.pc-history.org/comm.htm http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/9566/397519-complete.jpg | Atari 400 The Atari 400 came out in November of 1979. |
UNIVAC II
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/UNIVAC/102621857.03.01.lg.jpg
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/9566/397519-complete.jpg
Commodore 64
http://www.pc-history.org/comm.htm
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/9566/397519-complete.jpg
Question 3: The Role of Texas Instruments

Question 4: Computer History
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524916.700
http://www.essentialtremor.org/treatments/assistive-devices/

Question 5: The World Wide Web and E-commerce
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/08/06/20-years-ago-today-the-world-wide-web-opened-to-the-public/

Question 6: Favorite Website
1. Created in February of 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim.
2. Its purpose is to allow people to share their videos with the world.
3. You can find this website at youtube.com
4. This website does have a "buy now" feature. People can buy space for their advertisements and they can buy movies and TV programs off of YouTube.
5. YouTube makes profit from advertisers and selling movies, shows, etc.
http://cdn.bgr.com/2014/01/youtube-logo.jpg
http://inventors.about.com/od/xyzstartinventions/a/YouTube.htm

Question 7: Microsoft
http://www.winbeta.org/sites/default/files/news/microsoft_black_34.jpg
http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/18/investing/microsoft-apple/
http://www.cnet.com/news/is-microsoft-working-on-windows-for-robots-other-products/

Question 8: Apple's Co-Founders
Ron Wayne | Steve Wozniak |
Question 9: Microsoft Co-Founders
http://www.gatesnotes.com/globalpages/bio
http://www.paulallen.com/About-Paul
http://www.biography.com/people/paul-allen-9542239
Paul Allen | Bill Gates |
Question 10: Facebook Co-Founders
http://pando.com/2012/05/12/what-eduardo-saverin-owes-america-hint-nearly-everything/
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/chris-hughes
http://www.forbes.com/profile/dustin-moskovitz/ Eduardo Saverin | Chris Hughes | Dustin Moskovitz |
Eduardo Saverin
Question 11: Twitter Co-Founders
http://www.biography.com/people/evan-williams-21402351
http://www.businessinsider.com/noah-glass-interview-2013-10
http://www.biography.com/people/jack-dorsey-578280
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewcave/2014/06/18/twitter-co-founder-biz-stones-seven-secrets-for-starting-and-leading-a-successful-business/Question 12: First Game

Question 13: Video Games

Question 14: Technology at Disney World
http://www.disneytouristblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/FM76595-as-Smart-Object-1-copy.jpg

Question 15: The First Computer
Question 16: Chess

Question 17: Plankalkul
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=361515
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SdX1uRxGX58/UdnYSy8SSjI/AAAAAAAABgc/T2sizpVPJO8/s1600/ZuseCDCover.gif

Question 18: Buying Books

Question 19: Ancient Algorithms
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~dallen/masters/egypt_babylon/babylon.pdf
http://www.storyofmathematics.com/sumerian.html