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No unread replies.No replies.Extra Credit Discussion Board--Visit the Computer History Museum in Mountain View (50 points)
Extra credit opportunity—Earn 50 points by taking the virtual tour of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View
To facilitate the materials covered in Chapters 2 and Weeks 3 to 5, I used to ask students to visit the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Unfortunately, it is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, I still want to offer this extra credit to you to take the virtual tour of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View and you can earn extra credit (50 points).
Here is their website, http://www.computerhistory.org/.
Here are the details.
- Visit the Computer History Museum's website and take the virtual tour.
- Plan to spend 2-3 hours to explore their special collections. How many special collections do they have?
- Write a 500-word reflection paper on the top five collections you like the most.
- Where can you find the world's fist kitchen computer. Would you like to own one?
- Post your reflection paper to the extra credit discussion board. The reflection paper is due at 11:59 pm on 9/27/2020.
Computer History Museum Tour
Computer History Museum TOUR- Part I (Links to an external site.)
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Hello Professor and Class,
This week’s extra credit discussion board required us to take a virtual tour of The Computer
History Museum in Mountain View and browse through their special collections. Below is my
reflection paper covering this week’s discussion work.
How many special collections do they have? Which ones did you like the most?
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View houses various collections, from source
code to machines, computer restorations to oral histories, and even business plans to lab notebooks.
The museum has more than 1,100 in its special collection. Of these collections, one of the five
collections that I liked is the Jacquard loom cards. I found it so interesting tha...