What if You could spread your Ideas?

What is your favorite piece of technology?

The Renaissance:Johannes

Gutenberg& Steve Jobs

Printing Press

O Gutenberg combined existing technologies much like Jobs

O Movable Metal Type + Press

= Printing Press

VideosO Cartoon demonstration (1:50, no sou

nd)O Live demonstration (3:14)O Storybots (1:34 kind of annoying)

Johannes Gutenberg(circa 1398-1468)

O German Goldsmith & PrinterO Developed the Printing PressO Struggled to be successfulO Died recognized but not famous

Hofmann Title

O Most successful publication:Gutenberg Bible

Medieval Chained Libraries

Social & Intellectual Impacts

O Mass Production of Printed MaterialO LiteracyO Information Explosion like with the InternetO Circulation of Information & Ideas leads to:

O Printing RevolutionO Scientific RevolutionO Technical RevolutionO Religious RevolutionO Linguistic Revolution

How many of you know how to fly a private jet?

Gutenberg Bible, first mass produced bible:

"In the authority of all the saints, and in compassion towards thee, I absolve thee from all sins and misdeeds, and remit all punishment for ten days." -Johannes Tietzel

Big Publications

Knowledge CHUNKJohannes GutenbergPrinting Press (combination of movable metal type and Press)Renaissance (Europe from 14th – 17th c.)Europe, Germany-Influence on Society through availability of information and knowledge.-Knowledge and Education increases. Information is more abundant, cheaper, more reliable, more diffused.

Who?

What?

When? Where? Why?

AssignmentO Watch 60 MINUTES Interview on Steve Jobs:www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7414966n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

O Write half to one page in your Journals. Consider the following questions and address at least 2 of them:

1. How do you think S. Jobs will be remembered in 50 or 100 years?

2. Has the lesson on J. Gutenberg changed or influenced your answer?

3. How important is Gutenberg’s work, how about Job’s work? What is similar in our time to the Renaissance?