The History of Computing Project: John Presper Eckert

Want to engage your pupils in a Web project? Just follow the step-by-step directions listed on this one-page worksheet. Once the site is established, class members create their own folders in which they insert information and images for...

This site provides a the history of computing devices, software, computer companies and biographies.

A profile of John Presper Eckert Jr., an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer.

Computers are ubiquitous today. Step back in time and meet some of the early inventors of precursors to computers, and of the first computers.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a nice biography that includes pictures and references.

Found here is a biography on the co-constructor of the first digital computer.

Integrate history, math, and art into a study of The Grapes of Wrath with a series of activities that ask learners to investigate the social, political, economic, and environmental factors at play during the 1930s. Designed to be used...

This exhibition surveys the history of information technology and its relation to society from the origin of the telegraph to the present. Its emphasis is as much on social as technical change. This support page contains background...

John von Neumann was a brilliant mathematician. His work impacted several fields of study. This lecture series provides a brief description of his life and contribution to computer science.

In this online interactive computing and Internet history quiz worksheet, students respond to 10 questions. Students may check their answers to checked for accuracy.