BIG IDEA: What is Technology? Discover what technology is available in students’ lives and in their classrooms and how technology can help them in their daily world.
SNAPSHOT: This week students discovered what technology is and why it is important in their lives inside the classroom and outside of the classroom walls. We also learned the history of computers and how technology changes over time. We were able to identify specific technologies around while comparing and contrasting technology uses to the past, present, and future.
SNAPSHOT: This week students discovered what technology is and why it is important in their lives inside the classroom and outside of the classroom walls. We also learned the history of computers and how technology changes over time. We were able to identify specific technologies around while comparing and contrasting technology uses to the past, present, and future.
WANT TO KNOW MORE?:
Check out: BRAIN POP: History of Computers
Check out: BRAIN POP: History of Computers
DISCUSS: Discuss how technology is ever changing / how computers looked completely different / how technology is now much smaller and mass produced compared to what it was in their grandparents’ lifetimes
WHAT'S THE POINT?:
The point of having a technology class at school is to provide an extension of learning from what you study in the classroom to connect to student lives in the “real world” – every day you use technology!
EXTENSIONS:
- Think of a piece of technology that you use at home. Now picture that technology 100 years from now. What would it look like? Draw a picture and explain how this would work.
- How can people take advantage of technology to, in turn, hurt their lifestyles? Think back to the Wall-E clip viewed in class.
8th graders: Think of good classroom rules / presentation of classroom rules in the form of using technology next week! START BRAINSTORMING and being CREATIVE! Eighth grades need to strive to be an example. We will work on a digital story of the classroom technology rules to present to the younger grades.
