INTRO TO INFO TECH

● How does information evolve? Information evolves through its environment and the compiling
of the information found from the past and people of old.
○ https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/10/12/393#:~:text=Information%20evolution%20is%2
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● When did the evolution of information tech begin? Ever since 2400 B.C.E when the early
calculating tool the “abacus” was created, people have begun to create more and more complex
calculating tools. But in the past 20 years information tech has become more and more popular.
○ https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/A-brief-history-of-the-evolution-and-growth-o
f-IT
○ A brief history of the evolution and growth of IT
○ Rahul Awati
○ Published: 22 Jul 2021
● What inventions were made that influenced the information age?
○ https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/A-brief-history-of-the-evolution-and-gro
wth-of-IT
○ A brief history of the evolution and growth of IT
○ Rahul Awati
○ Published: 22 Jul 2021
○ https://www.nagb.gov/naep-subject-areas/technology-and-engineering-literacy/framewor
k-archive/2014-technology-framework/toc/ch_2/society/society3.html#:~:text=Inventions
%20of%20the%20telephone%2C%20telegraph,in%20transformative%20effects%20on%
20society.
○ Effects of technology on the world of information and knowledge
● What is the new information age and related to technologies? The new information age
consists mainly of computers, smartphones,and the internet. The amount of information is rapidly
increasing through the internet and social media and there is a broad amount of information
available through even one device.
○ https://www.nagb.gov/naep-subject-areas/technology-and-engineering-literacy/framewor
k-archive/2014-technology-framework/toc/ch_2/society/society3.html#:~:text=Inventions
%20of%20the%20telephone%2C%20telegraph,in%20transformative%20effects%20on%
20society.
○ Effects of technology on the world of information and knowledge
● Why do we call it the information age? The information refers to the high access to information
mainly through technology. As time goes by the more access there is to information. And as
demand for information increases, the higher the demand for technology is.
○ https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/definition/Information-Age#:~:text=The%20Infor
mation
○ Information Age
○ By: Linda Tucci