benchmark for u.s history class

1. What if...Steve Jobs was never
adopted?
Would Apple exist? Would the technology revolution
change?

2. Who was Steve Jobs?
--Given up for adoption at birth
--Biological parents were pressed by their parents to not marry and give up their baby
-- Adoptive parents did not go to college
-- Biological parents wanted Jobs to go to a good college, and made adoptive parents promise
to give him a good education.
-- Co-Founded Apple in 1971 at the age of 19
-- Made an impact on the technology revolution.

5. Brilliant

6. Brilliant

7. Brilliant Smart

8. Brilliant Smart

9. Brilliant Smart Visionary

10. Brilliant Smart Visionary

11. Brilliant Smart Visionary Creative

12. Brilliant Smart Visionary Creative

13. Brilliant Smart Visionary Creative Innovative

14. Published: January 18, 1969
Copyright © The New York Times

15. Published: September 16, 1966
Copyright © The New York Times

16. Published: August 26, 1977
Copyright © The New York Times

17. Jobs Effect.
-- Made technology easier to use in everyday life
-- Created a constant battle between Microsoft.
-- Allowed customers to become more creative with their work
-- Easier to navigate through your Apple product
-- Became a model of how other technological companies want their products to be like
-- Created a new way to communicate and design things

18. What if Steve Jobs was stripped of
the benefits of being adopted?

20. What if his adoptive parents never picked up
the phone?

22. What if he lived the rough life of an orphan
and never got to learn about technology?

25. Apple would not exist...

26. Apple would not exist...
...technology would not be the same

27. ...technology would not be the same

30. Electronic devices not “pretty looking” or simple.

32. Software not as advanced.

34. Best Buy Poster from 1987

35. Technology Not As Advanced As We Think
Written by Joshua Mountains June 23, 2001
Boston, MA ---After hearing the new model of Dell being released in the next week, many reactions spread across the U.S.
Many believed that the U.S has reached their climax of technologic improvement and the time has come to apply
technology in everyday life. Others disagree that technology will negatively affect the way people think and should not be
used.
Chris Lehmann, an English teacher, dean, technology coordinator, and girls basketball coach at The Beacon School in NYC,
states,"we should use technology to create whole new schools. Technology needs to be like oxygen." Lehmann holds the
belief that technology would greatly benefit the way people think, design, and create. Lehmann has acquired many
different jobs involving education and holds interest in technology. Combining his interests, and the current technological
state of certain high schools, Lehmann wanted a high school that strictly uses technology for learning. However, he is
among the few who isn’t satisfied with the current state of the technologic revolution. “Honestly, I thought we were going
to be at the climax of this revolution a couple years back when technology really started to become incorporated into
classrooms. Even before that, as a child I looked forward to a world so involved with technology it’ll be just a normal part
of life,” Lehmann reveals. With this, Lehmann decided to wait with his “dream school.”
Watch the video on the next page to listen to a quick clip from our interview.

36. Interview with Chris Lehmann

38. Kids would be reluctant to use technology for learning.

40. Transcript of News Report. Filmed and written on September 7, 2006.
Reporter Johnson:
"I am here standing in front of the newly built school, Science Leadership Academy, which is
one of the few schools in the country who uses advanced technology when learning. Each child
is provided a Microsoft laptop which they keep for their entire high school career. Here let's go
talk to a few of the students. Hello my name is Brooke Johnson. I am a reporter for Fox News,
and I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions?"

41. Kids: "yeah sure"
Reporter Johnson: "So starting off, what are your names?"
Kids: " Jessica Hinton, Symone Smith, Maggie Long, and Amanda Millatt."
Reporter Johnson: "How are you all feeling about getting started in this new school? A
little nervous? Have you ever used technology like Microsoft before coming here? Do
you believe that Microsoft can help change the way students think?"
Symone: " Well I kind of had some experience with Microsoft before like at home and
stuff so I never really used it during school."
Amanda: " At my old school Penn Alexander, we actually had a class for using
computers but we learned on a PC computer that really held prototypes of applications.
So I didn't really learn much about applying my technologic knowledge to my academic
learning."

42. Reporter Johnson: "Hm…that's very interesting.Now what about you young ladies over here?
Do you believe that Microsoft could help improve your learning?"
Jessica H.: "Yeah!!! I'm really excited about finally getting a laptop to myself, and it'll be pretty
neat to work with the "new cool gadget." I feel like in this day in age, everyone should include
technology in their life. Like why wouldn't you want technology? It's the future we're supposed
to be using technology as though we would die without it!"
Maggie L.: "Yeah! I'm definitely with Jessica on this one. I feel as though using Microsoft
could definitely improve how I think and become creative with things.Maybe it will even help
me think outside of the box, since it's supposed to give me opportunities I usually have a
chance at getting."
Reporter Johnson: " Wow ladies, I feel as though you are completely ready to face the
technology and educational world! I wish you ladies good luck and school and I'll be coming
back towards the middle of the year to check in and see how the school has changed your
perspectives compared to how things are now."
Kids: "Thank you, bye"

43. Reporter Johnson: “I’ll be returning later on in the year to check up on the progress of those
lovely students. Until then, this concludes my story on the Science Leadership Academy for
now. Questions to think about: is technology still improving? Is it possible to incorporate
technology in our everyday lives? Could the programs we use be so simple almost anyone
could navigate their way through a computer? Coming up next at 8, the hidden truth behind
Bob Mathias' otherwise known as 'The Crocodile Hunter's' death."

44. Transcript of News Report. Filmed and written on February 23, 2007.
Reporter Johnson: "I am standing inside of the school Science Leadership Academy, working on my
follow up newscast on the progress of the school. The last time I was at the school , I spoke with 4
freshmen girls who filled me in on their prediction on how using Microsoft technology will affect
their learning. Considering that Microsoft is one of the more advanced pieces of technology open to
the public. A few of the girls, when asked, said that they believe using Microsoft would help them
with their creativity and would allow them to do things a little more easily. So let's go find those girls
again and see their progress. Hello again, my name is Brooke Johnson from FoxNews, you may have
remembered me from the beginning of the school year when Science Leadership first opened? Well
hi there, I was wondering if you could tell me your new perspective on the idea of using Microsoft?
Oh and could you also speak loudly into the microphone and restate your previous prediction? Our
microphones, from the last time I was here, caught traffic noises which we could not dub out since
we did not have the technology for it. Sorry."

45. Jessica H.: “Oh it's fine, I think last time I mentioned wanting technology like Microsoft
being used in everyday life for everyone. But now I seriously take it back, at least about
Microsoft being the computer people use to widen their views on things. This company is
just so--"
Amanda M.: "Maddening. It's very easy to lose files. It's over halfway into the school year
and I'm still not entirely sure how to function with this laptop."
Symone S.: "I feel like I'm the programmer of the person who put together the programs in
Microsoft. All the codes I can see clearly which COMPLETELY confused me when
working on a major benchmark. A benchmark is a major project basically.
Reporter Johnson: “Huh. You ladies, and your peers, are really our guinea pigs for the
technological revolution. You have shown us that we have a lot of progress to make. Do
you have any advice for current employees of all technology companies?”

46. Maggie L.: “I know I sure do. Not only can you please try making your products a little easier to
use, but also make them more attractive looking. I don’t like showing my laptop off to friends
because it looks like a chuck of plastic and metal.”
Amanda M.: “Agreed, also create more programs that help with my ideas, not limit me to
anything.”
Symone S.: “Well I don’t know about you guys, but I know something that I would like to be
changed is the complicatedness of my computer. I really feel as though using technology is
bringing the way I learn down, rather than helping me. So make things simple!”
Reporter Johnson: “Jessica, would you like to conclude us?”
Jessica H.: “Yeah sure. All I want to say and hope for is that technology companies take the
advice given today and not only apply it to computers but also other technology like phones,
cameras, T.V, DVD players and even video games.

47. Reporter Johnson: “I hope technology companies are taking notes out there because these kids have
some great advice. We are headed down a path where we are not providing the most advanced
technology we have to the people who could greatly benefit from it. It’s time for technology to
advance on it’s advance and redeem itself to show that anyone can use it.”

48. What’s Happening in 2012?
Steve Jobs has greatly affected the way technology is today. He has paved a road for technology companies to expand their own ideas and for
people to create their own ideas. Apple not only manufactured computers but also other devices like music players, phones, and tablets which
enabled people to create, think and design without any restrictions. However, if Steve Jobs wasn’t adopted, he would not have the chance to
go to school, and he would not be as open to the world as he would have been if he was adopted. As an orphan, he would focus on more
important things like family troubles, financial issues, and learning how to care for himself. Instead of focusing on how to better the world.
With Steve Jobs not being adopted, technology that is open to the public would not be simple to navigate through, look polished, or be easy to
use on an every day basis. The nature of Apple is how other companies would like their products to be while also keeping the companies
originality and theme. So if you strip those companies model away, all that’s left is their basic idea. Most definitely other unknown companies
created advanced technology but that technology was only used for businesses and not for public use.
Also Science Leadership Academy would not have been a successful school. Considering the fact that we use Apple products for everything,
since it is very simple and students would not need to go through a rigorist lesson in order to work the computer properly. So by using a
different computer manufacturer such as Microsoft, students become frustrated easily and decide they didn’t want to work with computers
anymore so they drop out of SLA and transfer to other schools.
A positive effect would be that technology would cost a lot less meaning money is saved by those who would like to benefit with technology in
their life. More people would have jobs since they are able to create applications that could be used on all technology since the codes from
each technological company are similar.

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50. Thank You