Welcome! This is Powerup Multumedia.The site was created and managed by Dane McBean. The site focuses on teaching information technology through the use of multimedia such as video tutorials, blogs, games and other multimedia sources. The information is not geared towards a specific age group as you are never too you or too old to learn. I hope the site is very use to your learning and i know the knowledge passed on her will be of use to you in your daily life.

 

What is Information technology (IT)?

 

It refers to anything related to computing technology, such as networking, hardware, software, the Internet, or the people that work with these technologies. Many companies now have IT departments for managing the computers, networks, and other technical areas of their businesses. IT jobs include computer programming, network administration, computer engineering, Web development, technical support, and many other related occupations. Since we live in the "information age," information technology has become a part of our everyday lives. That means the term "IT," already highly overused, is here to stay.

 

History of Information Technology- from forbes

If you were asked to name the top three events in the history of computer technology (or the history of what came to be known as the IT industry), which ones would you choose? Here's my very short list:

June 30, 1945: John Von Neumann published the First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC , the first documented discussion of the stored program concept and the blueprint for computer architecture to this day.

May 22, 1973: Bob Metcalfe “ banged out the memo inventing Ethernet ” at Xerox XRX +10.00% Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).

March 1989: Tim Berners-Lee circulated “ Information management: A proposal ” at CERN in which he outlined a global hypertext system.

[Note: if round numbers are your passion, you may opt—without changing the substance of this condensed history—for the ENIAC proposal of April 1943, Ethernet in 1973, and CERN making the World Wide Web available to the world free of charge in April 1993, so that 2013 marks the 70 th , 40 th , and 20 th anniversaries of these events.]

 

What is Multimedia learning?

 

Multimedia learning is the process of learning, usually in a classroom or similarly structured environment, through the use of multimedia presentations and teaching methods. This can typically be applied to any subject and generally any sort of learning process can either be achieved or enhanced through a careful application of multimedia materials. Multimedia learning is often closely connected to the use of technology in the classroom, as advances in technology have often made incorporation of multimedia easier and more complete.