This unit discusses influential IT people and how they helped change the world.
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Basic activities (computer-graded)
Vocabulary Builder Activity
Students should be familiar with the following vocabulary before continuing on to the activities and exercises:
- Ada Lovelace
- Alan Mathison Turing
- Bill Gates
- Brendan Eich
- Charles Babbage
- Dennis Ritchie
- Edgar Frank Codd
- George Boole
- Gordon Moore
- Grace Hopper
- Guido van Rossum
- James Gosling
- John Warner Backus
- Ken Thompson
- Linus Torvalds
- Margaret Hamilton
- Rasmus Lerdorf
- Steve Jobs
- Steve Wozniak
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Vannevar Bush
- Yukihiro Matsumoto
Reading Comprehension: People in IT: True Innovators
This unit discusses influential IT people and how they helped change the world.
Multiple Choice Activity (Registered users only)
Pick the correct answer from a list.
Pick the correct answer from a list.
Listening Comprehension (Registered users only)
Listen to the word and type it in.
Listen to the word and type it in.
Spelling and Recognition (Registered users only)
Type in the correct answer for each definition.
Type in the correct answer for each definition.
Advanced activities (optionally teacher-graded)
Speaking Practice Activity (Registered users only)
Record yourself speaking five example sentences from the unit.
Record yourself speaking five example sentences from the unit.
Writing Practice Activity (Registered users only)
Pick a question and write about it.
Pick a question and write about it.