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Strand One: Toffler’s Three Waves Plus One

Strand One: Toffler’s Three Waves Plus One. Technological changes throughout time. AS TIME PROGRESSES, SO DOES TECHNOLOGY. Fourth Wave Nano/biotechnology 2003--????. Education : individual instruction, limited resources, schooled at home Communication : Oral and Gestural

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Strand One: Toffler’s Three Waves Plus One

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  1. Strand One: Toffler’s Three WavesPlus One Technological changes throughout time

  2. AS TIME PROGRESSES, SO DOES TECHNOLOGY Fourth Wave Nano/biotechnology 2003--????

  3. Education: individual instruction, limited resources, schooled at home • Communication: Oral and Gestural • Economy: production and consumption of food, hunting & gathering, families self-sufficient • Family Structure: Extended; families tend to live on same land, • Politics: castes & classes, authoritarian & birthrights • Production: Energy from sun, wind & water “Living Batteries”, “energy slaves”; forest, rivers, people and animals could be replaced

  4. Economy: mass production of food, trade, stores, corporations (1907), • Family structure: Nuclear (2 parent-home), extended families distanced • Education: mass education, factory/assembly line focuses: rote & repetitive work, punctuality, obedience • Politics: crisis & strikes, coup d'états, wars • Production: factories, assembly lines, refrigerator in kitchens, vitamins(increased life expectancy), • Communication/Technology: transportation, tractors, post office (1837), telephone, typewriters, newspapers, movies

  5. Economy: oil and gas production (foreign), money exchange rates, global industries (trade & travel) Family structure: 2 working parent families, single-parent families, grand-parent /grand-child families Education: computer labs, online courses (virtual schools), LCD projectors, CD, internet Politics: capitalism, socialism, communism, world governments: UN, EURO Production: increased flights, cars & busses, space exploration, drug & vaccines Communication/Technology: computers/laptops, internet, cell phones, webcams, instant messaging

  6. The next wave will be what Dr. Thornburg & Dr. Dede both predict. It will be a wave of creativity found through new innovative technologies; nano & biotechnologies. “It will offer better built, longer lasting, cleaner, safer, and smarter products for the home, for communications, for medicine, for transportation, for agriculture, and for industry in general.” --Center for Responsible Nanotechnology.

  7. Instant communication: cell phones Priests in temples taught religion & principles in writing Factories, mass production Human genome sequence was completed.

  8. References: • Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN). www.crnano.org/whatis.htm • Dede, C. (Speaker). (2008). The Next Wave, Part 2. Laureate Education, Inc. • Thornburg, D. (Speaker). (2008). The Next Wave, Part 1. Laureate Education, Inc • Toffler, Alvin. (1980). The Third Wave. New York: Bantam Books Cambridge University Press • Wright Jr.,B.D. (2009, March 8). Assistant Regional Manager. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. (interview)

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