Ten years ago, I was working in the electrical engineering department at MIT. We had a Computer Science department, and I was assigned to create a textbook based on that department’s research. It took me a long time to find a way to make it work, but when I finally found the right solution (and it wasn’t easy), I got to work on it for about four months. In college, I joined the developing team for the book and ended up getting some of my honours there.
Kids today are always gazing at all the technological advancements that are going on. If you want to get a better understanding of what’s coming soon, ask your kids about how they plan to use technology in the future. Even if you’re not sure whether you want to use it for something completely different, there are schools out there where it’s something that you can choose from. Let them discover new things and try to figure out what exactly they can do. This book is perfect as a chapter starter or a way to get back on track before they begin thinking of other things they could be working on at school.
If you’re ready to learn more about the tech world, I don’t blame you. But what if our futurist’s were to tell us: “Well, when we’re all computers, everything will be computerized. And when we all are computers, do you think that you’ll be able to focus on the most important thing in our lives? Because we’re all computers!” Well that’s technology textbook for you! As if this didn’t already sound amazing enough, it also has section dedicated completely to how the largest media conglomerate in history is going to control every aspect of our lives and make them as intelligent as they can be.
In the age of digital media, we are used to all the things that have changed from print books, to the new electronic devices. The cutting edge in technology is the ability to interchange digital content with the printed book. Nowadays, we are all going to college at a computer class and this book is about all those digital things going along with it. In fact, in today’s technology world, a textbook is not just an academic book but also a reference book to use during each lecture or every research paper. The purpose of a textbook is to allow students to access information without having to rely on online resources or any other material they may come across while in class.
In the past few years, I have been reading a large number of academic textbooks. The vast majority of these academic books are based on university courses. Most of these books require students to learn in depth about a specific topic, and they are often daunting to read. After I finished reading my book, “Introduction to Technology: The Third Wave” by Timothy Egan, my lecturers all started introducing me to technology concepts from a different perspective. For example, it’s amazing how quickly we can comprehend new technologies now because we know how to use them. So there you go…