Category: Technology

  • Twitter Essay: Environment and Technology

    Your Specific Tasks: The Discussion: Form a discussion group of about 5 students(invite a staff member, too, if you want). Start your discussion in Twitter (use a new/unique #hashtag and avoid spamming existing hashtags). One of you picks the discussion starter from any of the “Environment and Technology” prompts from my iblog. Post follow-up responses to…

  • Instant Communications Technology

    “Our embrace of high-tech gadgetry could turn life into a series of rushed encounters and clipped exchanges, producing ideas of diminishing depth.” – Langdon Winner What effect does “instant communication” have on you? What effect does “instant communication” have on your relationships with other people? Corners of our lives once sheltered from direct technological intervention…

  • About Technology

    Write a post on one of the following topics about technology: technological change in schools technology both shapes and is shaped by society the need for public policy that controls technological change genetic engineering determine a plan of action to address a technological problem that your class or school has look at how a television…

  • The Chimney Sweeper

    Read William Blake’s poem, “The Chimney Sweeper”(1789). What is this poem saying about humans and technological advances? In what ways has the condition that humanity finds itself in changed since Blake wrote his poem. Write a post of your thoughts about this poem.

  • Robots

    Write a post on the subject of robots. Possible themes you might consider are: robots of the past, present, and future benefits and dangers of having robots the depiction of robots in film and television

  • A Technological Invention

    What technological invention has been most important to you? How has it influenced or affected you? What would you like to see invented in the near future that would be of great help to make you life more comfortable or interesting? Describe the effects this invention might have on your life.

  • No Cell Phones!

    Pretend that the members of your community have decided to turn off their cell phones, televisions, computers, consoles, hand held devices, game gadgets, etc. for a week. Write a persuasive letter to the editor of your local newspaper as part of the publicity campaign that would be used to inform the public, enlist their support,…

  • When you have children…

    When(if) you have children do you plan to put any restrictions on their technology habits? Consider TV, computer, console game, hand held game, cell phone, ipod, smart phone, ipad etc.

  • Today’s technology

    Share what you enjoy most about today’s technology.