Multimedia Pioneer Presentations

Due: January 22, 24, 29

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Points: 100

Working in pairs, select one of the individuals below who are considered "pioneers" in the field of multimedia. Research your chosen pioneer and create a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation describing the pioneer's life and contributions to multimedia. Your presentation should include at least 15 slides. As a pair, you will present your work in class on January 17 and your presentation must be linked as a pdf file to each of your websites.

Choose from the list of pioneers below or suggest your own.

Multimedia Pioneers

Samuel Morse Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Walt Disney Melissa Mayer, Yahoo Jeff Bezos, Amazon Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Grace Hopper, USN Sergey Brin/Larry Page, Google Jack Dorsey, Twitter, Square

Vannevar Bush Ted Nelson (Xanadu) Bill Gates Steve Jobs/Steve Wozniak Max Englebart Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Vincent Cerf, Google, DARPA Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Kevin Rose, DIGG