Toffler's Three Waves

  • Strand 1: First Wave

    Strand 1: First Wave
    • Agriculture age • Extended families were farmers • Oral education, one room schools •transportation was on foot and horses -
  • Strand 1: Second Wave

    Strand 1: Second Wave
    • Industrial Revolution/Age • Family-nuclear • Factories and mass production • Automobiles , telephones, overnight mail and trains • Education-booksand video o Students were grouped together by age and grades • T.V. and film strips
  • Strand 2: Technology: Steam Engine

    Strand 2: Technology: Steam Engine
    First Commercially successful steam enging was created by Savery and Denis Papin. This program would not allow me to leave the day and month blank. The year is correct.
  • Strand 1: Third Wave

    Strand 1: Third Wave
    • One or two parent families • Collaboration and team work are important in the work place • Flexible hours • Instant communication • Digital hyper kids • Internet and computer
  • Strand 3: Work: Business and corporate philosophies by decade : Black Thursday

    Strand 3: Work: Business and corporate philosophies by decade : Black Thursday
    Wall Street Carsh of 1929
  • Strand 6: Emerging Religions

    Strand 6: Emerging Religions
    The church of Scientology was founded by Lafayette Ronald Hubard.
  • Strand 4: Education: Important theories of learning and instruction by decade

    Strand 4: Education: Important theories of learning and instruction by decade
    Garnder Multiple Intelligences Learning Theory
  • Fourth Wave: Communication

    Fourth Wave: Communication
    • Internet and computer • Increases capacity of collaboration and communication with others • Defined by the internet • New technologies in education
  • Strand 2: Skype

    Strand 2: Skype
    -developed by Niklas Zennstrom and Jans Friis -people can make Internet calls for free
  • Strand 5: Facebook and social networking

    Strand 5: Facebook and social networking
    Social networking allows for people all over the world to collaborate from the safety of their homes.
  • •Strand 2: Technology: iPads

    •Strand 2: Technology: iPads
    Apple Inc. makes iPads available to the public for the first time.
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft Corporation acquired Skype communication.
  • Fourth Wave