Bibliography
Here is the link to the power point (embed not working)
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Image Bibliography
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Charles Babbage.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 14 Nov. 2019, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Babbage.
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Reflection
I think finding a significant problem with the machine was a trouble for me, but i ended up being able to find one. I researched online to find my problems and solution & sorted through them to find the best ones.
I actually didn’t use backwards design. Personally it was easier to start from the past and make my way to the future, because i have a vast amount of ideas for what the computer may be in 50 years. Since the past i had to research to find information, i found it was easier for me to get the research done prior, and let my mind drift to think of the future. I’d say i did pretty well with the design and solutions. I used power point because i could use the different slides to bring attention to different points and use pictures here and there to go along with them. It allowed me to make sure the power point was tailored to look the way i wanted, and i was satisfied with the result. However, for the future aspect of the computer, it was trouble some because i explained how it would work and such, but based on the drawing it looked very simple. I would’ve wanted the opposite effect for it to look a little more interesting but that’s just how i imagined it, so i went with it. In the future i might add more pictures because at the moment there aren’t many, but to be fair i couldn’t add that many pictures because there just weren’t valid points where putting a picture would actually provide visual aid.