Technology Leader
KilaThe topic is Katherine Johnson
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Katherine Johnson, an American mathematician, played a crucial role in NASA's space missions. She excelled at orbital mechanics calculations and pioneered the use of computers. During her 33-year tenure at NASA, Johnson calculated trajectories, launch windows, and emergency return courses for the Project Mercury, Apollo Lunar Module, and Mars missions. She was dubbed a "human computer" due to her mathematical ability and innovative approach to space trajectories.
Person_From_Technology_Project1.pdf
Report on Person in The History of Computers assignment
Worth 15% in the final grade
• Due – End of week 2 – submit a request for the person of your choice. (worth 5%)
• Due – End of week 6 – your final report (formatted as below) (worth 10%)
There are a lot of important and interesting individuals that have contributed to the history of computers and
technology. Learning about some of these will help us to be more appreciative of the history of technology,
especially computers.
This assignment will have you selecting an important person from the history of computers and writing up a short
report on that person. There is a list of names below that you can select from, or you can suggest another person.
The report should address a few things.
First, give a biographical history of the person. When did they live? What did they do? What was their
contribution to the history of technology?
Second, discuss the contribution that they made to technology. What is so important about what the person did?
How did it change the world of technology? Why is this contribution unique?
Third, discuss how their contribution has changed the world. How was the contribution your person made
important in their day? How is it still important in our day? How has it impacted your life?
Finally, as a believer, we often can see that the Lord is behind many of the important things that happen in
history. How do you think that God has intending this contribution to be useful to mankind, or to our world?
What are some biblical principles that the contribution either helps, or disagrees with? Try to use one or more
bible verses to back this up.
This report should be approximately 1000 words in length, in a double-spaced document. You should make use
of at least two references, other than Wikipedia or our textbook, and please use the APA style of citations to the
reference. Here is a rubric to give you an idea of the way this assignment will be graded.
1. Length, spacing, format, appearance. 10 pts
2. References, grammar, and following the APA style. 10 pts
3. Biographical information about your person. 20 pts
4. Description of the important contribution. 20 pts
5. Discussion of the impact the contribution has made. 20 pts
6. Faith integration – discussing the biblical perspective. 20 pts
List of potential persons that have made an impact in Technology
Al-Kwarizmi
Charles Babbage
Alexander Graham Bell
Tim Berners-Lee
Bill Gates
James Gosling
Margaret Hamilton
Grace Hopper
Steve Jobs
Katherine Johnson
Brian Kernighan
Donald Knuth
Ada Lovelace
John McCarthy
Marvin Minsky
Samuel Morse
John von Neumann
Blaise Pascal
Dennis Ritchie
Claude Shannon
Alan Turing
Steve Wozniak
Rubric for grading the Historic Person Report for Information Systems
Graded Item Not addressed at all Poorly Addressed Fully Addressed
Length, spacing, format
(1000 words is fully
addressed)
0 5 10
References, grammar,
in APA style
0 8 10
Biographical
information about topic
0 10 20
Description of the
important contribution
of your topic
0 10 20
Discussion of the
impact the contribution
has made
0 10 20
Faith Integration –
biblical perspective
(fully addressed is with
Bible references)
0 10 20
