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Toffler’s Three Waves

Past, Present, Future The Good, The Better, The Technologically Advanced!!. Toffler’s Three Waves. Agricultural Wave. 1650-1849 Extended families tied to the land and dependent on the survival of crops. Families traveled by walking or horse.

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Toffler’s Three Waves

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  1. Past, Present, Future The Good, The Better, The Technologically Advanced!! Toffler’s Three Waves

  2. Agricultural Wave • 1650-1849 • Extended families tied to the land and dependent on the survival of crops. • Families traveled by walking or horse. • Communication consisted of talking face to face or word traveling with the Pony Express • Education was simple including few books, classes with a variety of age groups, and home schooling.

  3. Industrial Wave • 1850-1945 • Family changed to nuclear units due to industrialization. • Families were separated to work in factories and towns. • Businesses went top down, bureaucracies were in place, and factories went up. • People continued to communicate face to face with the addition of landline telephones. • Educaiton saw the addition of film strips, video, TV, students grouped by age and grade, and books.

  4. Informational Wave • 1950-present • Single parent families/two working parents/latch key kids • Business has moved into a collaborative teamwork environment with flexible hours. Locations are varied. • Planes and automobiles are prevalent • Communication has taken a massive leap with the use of cellular phones, computers, and internet. Our youth is now digitalized.

  5. Fourth Wave/ “The Unnamed” • A combination of the first three waves published by Alvin Toffler • Communication and Creativity is and will play an important role • Values, morals, and standards must be implemented • Biotechnologies have started and will continue to develop • All knowledge based facets are being influenced and will continue to be influenced and changed. • Is it possible that the human will actually become the computer instead of manipulating the machine?

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