Toffler's+Waves

I created this presentation using BeeDocs software for making Timelines. I have really enjoyed learning how to use this software. I ended up purchasing it because I thought it would be a great addition to my classroom. I love that it is made for the Mac platform and shares your timeline to all Mac products, I just watched it on my iPod. After I made it in the software, I turned it into a Quicktime movie. This is the only part that has had a learning curve. The movie did not want to process at a high resolution and it did not want to put more than 3 sec pauses at each event. I sent an email to the help desk Bee Docs. After that I dropped the Quicktime file in IMovie and added some music. Later, I am looking forward to adding narration.

...so without further a ado...here it is...media type="youtube" key="yLevy4ZkN4I" width="425" height="350"

__-Agricultural Age- First Wave__ //10000BC- 1700AD// //10000BC// The Neolithic Revolution was when the nomadic herds settled down and started to cultivate the land and domesticate animals.
 * -Neolithic Revolution**

__- The Industrial Age - Second Wave__ //1700-1980// The industrial age began as technology was being developed. The development of machines helped farmers increase their production and transportation which increased the accessibility of goods and materials. //1720// The steam engine was brought to life in 1720 by Thomas Newcomen. He was not the first to work on the idea and his steam engine would be replaced by Watt's model but Newcomen's engine was widely used by the masses. Transportation was an important path into the industrial age. //1744// The industrial revolution started with the textile mills which opened in Britain in 1744. The mills increased and by 1780, Britain had 120 mills. //1807// American inventor Robert Fulton built the steamboat. The steamboat was used to successfully transport goods and raw materials and in turn this increased productivity. //1831// Cyrus H. McCormick invented the first commerically successful reaper, which was a horse-drawn machine that harvested wheat in fields. This allowed farmers to start mass harvesting and producing their crops. //1901// Asse mbly lines encouraged workers to move from plantations to cities to work together n factories to create mass produced items. Even though the Oldsmobile plant was the first car plants, it wasn't until Henry Ford started an assembly line that it was perfected.
 * -Chuga Chuga Choo Choo**
 * Textile Mills**
 * Steamboat**
 * The Reaper came to town...**
 * -Oldsmobile Plant Opened**

__-The Information Age-The Third Wave__ //1980-2000// The information age allowed people to have access to information at the tip of their fingers. Computers, the Internet and email have shaped the way we do business today, whether it is industrial, educational or social. //1981// The IBM PC was introduced to the public in 1981 and it is considered the most popular "first" PC. The first actual personal computer was the SIMON in 1949 but the average consumer was not quite ready to adopt SIMON. The IBM PC paved the way for computer integration in our society and who could forget that cute green type face. //1991// The Internet was opened up to the public in the early 90's (many discripencies on the actual date exist). This great invention has dramatically changed our society and the was we function today. It was practically an overnight success, hey, even I was lucky enough to have an AOL account in 1996!
 * -IBM PC**
 * -Internet**

__-The Communication Age- The Fourth Wave__ //2000-Present// //2001// In 2001, 250 billion text (SMS) messages were sent from cell phone users. Since the rise in texting, a series of texting dictionaries have been complied, in order to hep the writer squeeze as many words into 160 characters. Here is a great example: Text: nuf Z, I k%d mEt U @ 7 English: Enough said, could meet you at seven. //2003// MySpace was built by a few employees from Friendster, after they saw the possibilities available in a social networking site. Now it networks as many as 500,000 new users a week and they have created over 100 million MySpace accounts. //2004// Facebook launched in 2004 and started as a site that was only for Harvard students, hen it opened to Ivy League students, then allowed all college students with a college email and eventually opened up to the general public over the age of 13 in 2006. //2006// Twitter was launched in 2006 but did not become a hit until 2007 when it won a Web award and gained tons of users. What can I say about Twitter in 140 words or less...Twitter is a great way to spread news, links, gossip and humor throught the communication age. Sign up now and start tweeting today!!!
 * -TXTNG**
 * -MySpace**
 * -Facebook**
 * -Twitter**