Free Lesson Plans for Teachers: Steve and Bill

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Steve and Bill
May 31, 2007

The USA Today is running an article entitled, "Jobs, Gates Reunite
Onstage at Digital Conference."

The article explains that Bill Gates' and Steve Jobs' "Their mood
echoed the spirit at a Macworld conference a decade ago in Boston
where Jobs told attendees: 'If we want to move forward and see Apple
healthy and prosperous again, we have to let go of this notion that for
Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose.' Back then, Jobs was joined by
Microsoft co-founder Gates via satellite hookup as the software giant
committed to delivering Apple Macintosh versions of its Office suite
and Web browser."

The article reports, " ..Gates said the tech industry is healthy. 'We'll
look back on this as one of the great periods of invention.'..Jobs said
personal computers have proved resilient but there will be an
'explosion' of post-PC devices. "IPhone is one of them."

Read the A rticle!!

Discussion-Starters for Younger Children

Ask your students to describe a time when they won a game
that made them feel good. What was it about winning that
made them feel good?

If your class has an end of the year Olympics consider
having a good sportsmanship award, as well.

Ask your students to describe a time when they helped
somebody do something that made them feel particularly good.
Why did this make them feel good?

Students might write short sentences explaining why it
felt good to help somebody.

Do your students think it's easier to finish a chore when they
work with other people or when they work alone? Why?

Consider using a T-Chart to compare working
independently and working collaboratively.

Have your students ever played an online game with somebody
else? What game did they play? Was it more fun to play an
online game or a face to face game? Why?

If your students could make up an online game of their
own, what kind of a game would they make up? Why?

Discussion-Starters for Older Students

Vocabulary terms to discuss: Titan; Prosperous; "Market
Share"; and, Companion.

Ask your students why they think Bill Gates and Steve Jobs,
competitors, would cooperate with one another? What can
your students learn from this?

Tell your students to imagine that they were the CEOs
of large corporations presenting a session on the
importnace of collaboration. In groups of two or three
allow them to develop these presentations. CEOs of
large companies would certainly use technology tools to
assist them in their work.

In describing receiving letters from individuals describing I-
Tunes as the best application used on the Windows platform,
Steve Jobs said, "It's like giving a glass of ice water to
somebody in hell." What do your students think that Jobs
meant by this? Can they think of another simile to describe
Jobs' feelings?

Challenge your class to come up with as many similes
as they can.

Steve Jobs said there will be an explosion of post- pc devices.
In addition to the I-Phone, what kinds of new devices do your
students think will come to market in the next few years?

This question might prompt an interesting class
discussion.

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