Technology Research Project

You will choose one topic from the following list to research and write about. You can take notes on a scratch piece of paper, but your report must be typed up in Word and must be at least one page long.

The report must be in your own words!

Below each topic is a link to help you get started. You must visit at least 3 websites as part of your research. On the last page of your research paper, you should list the URL of every website that you used.

Discuss 2 or 3 different types of computers.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question543.htm

Tell about the history of the computer and describe the evolution of computers to the present day.

http://www.warbaby.com/FG_test/Timeline.html

http://goldenink.com/computersandnetworks.shtml

Discuss 2 or 3 different “computer” inventors, and their inventions.

http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm

Explain how a network operates

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm

Explain the operation of a web server

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-server.htm