The Contemporary Computer Age Ed-Eng 106 – Technology in Language Education

The Contemporary Computer Age

Ed-Eng 106 – Technology in Language Education

Computer Age is also known as:

Information Age

Digital Age

New Media Age

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Age



When we talk about Computer When we talk about Computer Revolution in the Contemporary age, Revolution in the Contemporary age,

this matters alway confronts the picture this matters alway confronts the picture of the world today:of the world today:

• Boundless Connectivity• Fast and Wide Range of

Accessibility • Multiple Tasking Management• Time Efficiency• Hyper Productivity• MegaLibrary• A Changing Reality• Information Overdrive

• As the years pass by so quickly Computers transformed and developed in different forms (gadgets, appliances etc.) to cater the needs of the advancing worlds.

• Computers Change the Way we Understand Reality.

• The use Computer is indeed a life changing experience.

• Household of today without even a single computers is considered primitive.

Five Generations of Computer

First Generation (1940-1956)

Vacuum TubesVacuum TubesFirst generation computers relied on machine language, the lowest-level

programming language understood by computers, to perform operations,

could only solve one problem at a time. Input was based on punched cards and paper tape, and output was displayed on

printouts.


Vacuum TubesVacuum Tubes• The UNIVAC and ENIAC computers are

examples of first-generation computing devices.


Vacuum TubesVacuum Tubes

• UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer)


Vacuum Tubes

• Eniac (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer)

Second Generations (1956-1963)

TransistorsTransistorsThe transistor was far superior to the vacuum tube, allowing computers to

become smaller, faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient and more reliable than

their first-generation predecessors.

Though the transistor still generated a great deal of heat that subjected the computer to damage, it was a vast

improvement over the vacuum tube.

Second Generations (1956-1963)

Transistors• Second-generation computers still relied

on punched cards for input and printouts for output.

Third Generation (1964-1971)

Integrated Circuits• The development of the integrated circuit

was the hallmark of the third generation of computers.

• Transistors were miniaturized and placed on silicon chips, called semiconductors, which drastically increased the speed and efficiency of computers.

Third Generation (1964-1971)

Integrated CircuitsIntegrated Circuits• Instead of punched cards and printouts,

users interacted with third generation computers through keyboards and monitors and interfaced with an operating system, which allowed the device to run many different applications at one time with a central program that monitored the memory.

• Computers for the first time became accessible to a mass audience because they were smaller and cheaper than their predecessors.

Fourth Generation(1971-Present)

MicroprocessorsMicroprocessors• thousands of integrated circuits were built

onto a single silicon chip.

• from desktop computers and into many areas of life as more and more everyday products began to use microprocessors.

• small computers became more powerful

Fourth Generation(1971-Present)

Microprocessors• They could be linked together to form

networks which eventually led to the development of the Internet.

• Fourth generation computers also saw the development of GUIs, the mouse and handheld devices.

Fifth Generation (Present and Beyond)

Artificial Intelligence • still developing• advance applications are

tantamount• Parallel processing and

superconductors are being utilize to create an artificial intelligence a reality

• the use of quantum computing and molecular nanotechnology is rapidly changing the face of modern computers.

Computer Technology has become an integral part of our everyday life. A separation of these technical innovations would not come without adverse effects.

Imagine the WorldWithout Internet!

Internet Users in the World

Sources: Internet World Stats -http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm


INTERNET USAGE STATISTICSThe Internet Big Picture

World Internet Users and Population Stats

Development to ComputersDevelopment to Computers

Top Ten Computer Trends for the 21st Century

According to Institute for Global Futures

Computers will become:1. powerful extensions of human beings designed

to augment intelligence, learning, communications, and productivity.

2. Intuitive—they will “learn,” “recognize,” and “know” what we want, who we are, and even what we desire.



3. Computer chips will be everywhere, and they will become invisible-embedded in everything from brains and hearts, to clothes and toys.

4. Computers will manage essential global systems, such as transportation and food production, better than humans will.



5. Online computer resources will enable us to download applications on-demand via wireless access anywhere and anytime.

6. Computers will have digital senses-speech, sight, smell, hearing-enabling them to communicate with humans and other machines.



7. Neural networks and other forms of artificial intelligence will make computers both as smart as humans, and smarter for certain jobs.

8. Human and computer evolution will converge. Synthetic intelligence will greatly enhance the next generations of humans.



9. Human and computer evolution will converge. Synthetic intelligence will greatly enhance the next generations of humans.

10. As computers surpass humans in intelligence, a new digital species and a new culture will evolve that is parallel to ours.

Challenges Brought by the Computer Age

Humans are expected to do more

Diminishing Realistic Activities

Ubiquitous Connectivity

Instantaneous Access to Unlimited Stores of Information

Skills and Knowledge Needed in a world transformed by Technology

Humans are expected to do more than what a computer can do.

REFERENCES


Anonymous (updated 2010, May 14) The Five Genration of Computers. retrieved January 3, 2014 fromhttp://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2002/FiveGenerations.asp.

Canton, James Ph.D (2013) Top Ten Computer Trends in the 21st Century. Retrieved January 7, 2014 from http://globalfuturist.com/about-igf/top-ten-trends/top-ten-computer-trends-for-the-21st-century.html



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The Contemporary Computer Age Ed-Eng 106 – Technology in Language Education