Historical Context
In what year did Ed Roberts start selling the Altair 8800?
1974
What is the author's full name?
Walter Isaacson
This was the main appeal of the essay.
Logos
Isaacson wants readers to understand that the Digital Revolution wasn’t driven by one single genius. Instead, it was powered by ____.
Many people's ideas
This device, released in 2007, reshaped the way we use technology
Isaacson was born in this U.S. city.
New Orleans
The quote mentioning “1.2 million apps” supports which main appeal?
Logos
Isaacson’s purpose includes showing how tech breakthroughs happened. What does he say allows ideas to grow into major innovations?
Building off of past inventions.
This computer, released in 1974, is considered the first successful personal computer.
Altair 8800
Isaacson studied at this Ivy League university.
Harvard
This explanation pattern shows how one innovation directly leads to another.
cause and effect
progress happens through what key concept?
connection
These two people collaborated to make and sell the Apple 1.
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
Isaacson’s interest in technology stretches back to this 19th-century computing pioneer.
Ada Lovelace
Short stories about early inventors that make the essay personal are this rhetorical device.
anecdotes
What was the example given about crowd-sourcing?
Wikipedia
In this year, ordinary people could finally access the internet directly from their home computers.
1994
Isaacson is currently the president and CEO of this organization.
the Aspen Institute
The iTunes Store example shows not only statistics but also THIS cause-and-effect relationship discussed on the rhetorical devices slide.
Connecting technologies creates new industries (the app economy)
Name all three of the themes that were listed on the slide that support Isaacson’s message about innovation.
collaboration, accessibility, and interdependence