Technology+Pioneers


 * Below is a list of major Technology Companies and their founders. They all started with an idea in someone's head, and evolved to companies that have had major impacts on the role of technology in our society.**

1.Your group will be assigned one of the following topics. Research your topic and create a 5 slide presentation using Google Apps.

2.When creating your Google Presentation, make sure that you share the file with everyone in your group.

3.You will use Wikipedia to complete your research.


 * Your presentation must contain the following information. **

Slide#1 – Title Slide – at least one picture related to topic

Slide #2 - 3 interesting facts about the founder(s) – at least one picture related to the topic If you have one founder - provide 3 facts about that person If you have more than one founder - provide 1-2 facts about each

Slide #3 - 3 facts about the company – such as: when was it founded, how did it start, where did it start, how much money is it worth, how much money does it make - at least one picture related to the topic

Slide #4 - One or two sentences to describe what services or products the company provides to society - at least one picture related to the topic

Slide #5 - List ways (using bullet points) to explain how these people, and their companies impacted our society (good and or bad) - at least one picture related to the topic

Possible Topics:

1.Microsoft Bill Gates (3 facts about this person) 2. Apple Steve Jobs Steve Wozniak (1-2 facts per person) 3. Google Larry Page Sergey Bin (1-2 facts per person) 4. Wikipedia Larry Sanger James Wales (1-2 facts per person) 5. YouTube Chad Hurley Steven Chen Jawed Karim (1-2 facts per person) 6. Craigslist Craig Newmark (3 facts about this person) 7. Amazon Jeffery Bezos (3 facts about this person) 8. eBay Pierre Omidyar (3 facts about this person)