CC – Introduction to Computing, Module 2 Instructor: Mrs.

Raguro
Carl Luis T. Aporador
ICT-1
VII. LEARNING ACTIVITIES
1. Make a computer evolution infographic.
 2. Select your favorite computer scientist and write an autobiography.
My name is Charles Babbage and I was born on the 26 th of December, 1791 in
London. I am a mathematician, philosopher, inventor, and mechanical engineer and I am the
one who originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. From 1828 to 1839 I
occupied the lucasian chair of mathematics at Cambridge. In the world of computing, I was
known for my machines: the “Difference Engines” (one of which, the No. 1 he produced a
partial prototype) and the “Analytical Engine”.
Some considered me to be the “father of the computer”, because I am the first
person invented the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex electronic
designs, though all the essential ideas of modern computers are to be found in my invention
analytical engine. My varied work in other fields has led me to be described as “pre-eminent”
among the many polymaths of my century.
Fill in the blank. Write your answer in the space provided.
1. Year 1881.
2. International Business Machines (IBM).
3. The TRS-80.
4. The code name for the new computer was “Acorn”.
5. Year 2009.
6. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
7. Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage.
8. Formula Translation (FORTRAN).
9. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
10. The multi-socket processor Xeon code named Nocona.

VIII. SELF EVALUATION.

What I KNOW about this What I WONDER about this What do I LEARNED about
lesson? lesson? this lesson?
I know that it would I wonder if Charles Babbage I learned the history of
introduce the computer didn’t invented computers. computing and know the
scientists. pioneer computer scientists.