JSS 1 FIRST TERM 2023 WEEK SIX LESSON NOTE

 

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TOPIC: TECHNOLOGY OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION AGE

OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, you should be able to

  1.            Define information
  2.               List and explain the technology of different information age
  3.       Lists examples of information age tools

Introduction

Information is news passed from one person to another or in written form. Since the world existed, there had been communication of news or ideas formally or informally through certain media.

Technology of Different Information Ages

The age of technology could be divided as follows:

a)     Spiritual age

b)     Stone age

c)     Middle age

d)     Industrial age

e)     Electronic age

f)       Future age

Spiritual Age: during the spiritual age, the mode of communication was and still is majorly by revelation or vision or division. Each of these was practiced before and during the stone age even to the present time.

Stone Age: This is the old historic period during which human beings were using stones for tool making. The stone tools were made from different kinds of stones. Farm tools such as cutlass, hoes, and axes etc. were used for producing crops or hunting animals for food.

Middle Age: The middle age period witnessed various writings. The oldest evidence of writing by man discovered so far consists of clay tablets discovered at summer in Mesopotamia about 3000 BC. During this period the use feathers and ink was invented for writing. Hence, the writing of scrolls and other ancient writings.

Industrial Age: the industrial age came up with the invention of machines to make communication better easier and faster than those of the stone age and middle age. Some of the facilities or machines used in this age include: type writing machine, printing machine, telephone, radio, television telex etc.

Electronic Age: in this electronic age, information is sent through computer system. Such medium of transmission involves: fax machine, satellite, computers, electronic mail, internet.

Future Age: future age will be noted for moral instruction and technological advancement on students’ attitude.

Information Age Tools

Stone Age: the used then were flint, chart sandstone, basalt, sediments, pebbles, bifacial, or hand axe flake and blade tools

Iron Age: the major tools used were made of iron, steel and wrought iron. Among these tools are arrows and spears.

Middle Age: tools include: feather pen, gun powder, stirrups for writing and paper.

Industrial Age: the tools used were machines, coal

Electronic Age: the tools used were integrated circuits and microprocessors.


WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

  1. The ________age is a pre- history period during which human beings widely used stone for tool making. (a) stone     ( b) middle     ( c)  iron      (d)   industrial
  2. The ______age was a period in late 18th and early 19th centuries.   (a) industrial (b) middle age

(c) stone (d) none of the above

  • The emergence of machines was during the middle age (a) false (b) true (c) not sure
  • Pen, feather and ink were used in  _____ age  (a) middle ( b) stone (c) industrial (d)electronic
  • How many information ages do we have presently?   (a) 5   (b )3      (c) 3     d) 2

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