Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs
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Summary

The story of the co-founder of Apple, who cared deeply about simple, beautiful design and helped put easy-to-use computers, music players, and phones into people's hands.

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Discussion

The story of the co-founder of Apple, who cared deeply about simple, beautiful design and helped put easy-to-use computers, music players, and phones into people's hands.

  1. What did Steve Jobs care about besides just making a machine work?
  2. Why do people like tools that are simple to use?
  3. How have phones and computers changed since you were born?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: design, technology, invention.

Try it: Pick an everyday object and draw one way to make it simpler or easier to use.