Digital Duniya - The Summer Camp for Kids
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DIGITAL DUNIYAMindScripts Summer Camp
INTRODUCTION TO THE DIGITAL WORLDPankaj Agrawal1
In Prehistoric Times, peoplehunted for a living
Their tools were stonesand spears
As they moved to agriculture, the most important
assets became land and cattle!
The Industrial Revolution changed the complete World
Economy - how?
Human Beings are almost 2000,000 years old on this planet but civilization as we know it started
almost 8 - 10,000 years ago!
Computers, Mobiles, IT and a lot of other things we see around us today, are a very recent development for human beings!
Hunting, Gathering Agriculture
Industrial Revolution
First Computers
IT Revolution
80,000 years ago 9,000 years ago500
years ago
In different times, you needed different things, to succeed! What were they?
Hunting, Gathering Agriculture Industrial
RevolutionIT
Revolution
Cattle
Physical Strength Hunting ability
Money
Capital
Brain, Skills
Ideas
What are the tools we need
today?
Therefore, all children should learn computers and understand the latest technologies, even if you will ultimately become a doctor, lawyer, teacher or scientist ……
Star Trek Gadgets That Now Exist
Lieutenant Commander Geordi Lafarge used a tablet computer (what they called Personal Access Data Devices, or PADDs) to punch in coordinates for the next star system. Other Starfleet personnel used them to watch video and listen to music—just the things we use tablets for today.Tablet Computers
In the Star Trek universe, you can talk to a computer in casual conversation. These days, we've got Apple's Siri and Google Now, and while they aren't fully developed systems yet, they are baby steps toward a service like Star Trek's computer, which has a complex understanding of context.
Talking to Computers
The Communicator
The Communicator was a fictional device used for voice communication in the fictional universe of Star Trek. It seemed wild and impossible then but today it is an integral part of our lives, even for the most backward and uneducated person - no more a high tech gadget!
Some Things that seem impossible or at least difficult to imagine today…
3D Printing Self Driven Cars Drones
Interconnected, Intelligent devices, which can function based on their own intelligence. It will include not just computers and robots but simple everyday things like televisions, washing machines and toasters also.
SOFT
WAREWEBSITES
BLOGSApps
PROGRAMMERSMarketers
DigitalExperts
The basic foundation of any digital media is a
Website - so we’ll make our very own Website.
So, what is a Website??
Pankaj Agrawal @ MindScripts
End of First SessionSo, what have we learnt today?✤ How human beings evolved✤ What were the tools required then, and now?✤ What are the requirements for us to be successful today?✤ What seemed impossible then is very much a reality today✤ What seems impossible today, will surely be a reality tomorrow.
So go ahead and dream impossible things!“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland