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“The
web is more a social creation than a technical one.
I designed it for a social effect
– to help people work together – and not as a technical
toy. The ultimate goal of the web is to support and improve our web-like
existence in the world.” - Weaving the Web (©2000)
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"The power of the Web is in its
universality. –
Access by everyone regardless of disability
is an essential aspect."
Tim Berners-Lee
Tim
Berners-Lee is attributed as the ‘inventor’ of the Web.
In the scheme
of things historical and evolutionary, isn't the Web a logical conclusion of the
20th Century's technological global development?
Where might we be in the next hundred years?
• radio
(December 12,1901)
<ref:
http://www.alpcom.it/hamradio/
>
• television
(September 7, 1927)
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ref: http://philo75.com/
>
•
the computer (February 14, 1946)
< ref:
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story072.htm
>
•
transistors (June 30, 1948).
< ref:
http://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/index.html
>
•
space exploration (October 4, 1957)
< ref: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/
>
•
the web (October, 1989)
< ref:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2001/japanprize.html
>
Develop discussion
opinions.
Create a discussion 'paper' relative to these statements.
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