The document discusses different technologies from different decades including the rotary-dial phone from the 1920s, the dot-matrix printer from the 1970s, and the 56k dial-up modem from the 1990s. It asks the reader to reflect on what technology reminds them most of growing up and why, and prompts them to make a timeline of personal first experiences with different technologies like TVs, mobile phones, social networks, online purchases and downloading music. It also asks the reader to compare how the rotary phone and latest iPhone are used and what they are used for based on their release materials, and to view an iPhone 5 advert identifying features it claims to achieve.

1. NEW Media Technology
TIME MACHINE

2. 1. Do you know what
sound this is?

3. 2. what about this sound?

4. 3. And what sound is this?

5. The Answers

6. Rotary-Dial Phone

7. Rotary-Dial Phone
(1920s)
How to use a rotary phone

8. Dot-Matrix Printer

9. Dot-Matrix Printer
(1970s)

10. 56k Dial-Up Modem

11. 56k Dial-Up Modem
(1990s)

12. What piece of
Technology Reminds you
most of growing up &
why?

13. make a timeline
• How old were you when each of the following
happened?
• got TV in your bedroom
• first mobile phone
• your first social networking account
• first time on an 18 game
• first online purchase
• first downloaded music illegally

14. Compare the rotary phone news release with
the latest iphone 5 advert. What are the differences in
how the phone is used and what it is used for?
•Watch the iphone advert and see how many
features/tasks you can spot that it claims to achieve on
one phone?
Iphone 5 advert
•What would a phone in ten years’ time be able to do?