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how is technology changing our lives?

Technology is already integral to our daily lives... just consider, for example, how many different ways you use your cell phone on a given day. Clock, Facebook, to do lists, reminders, games, recipes, maps, calculator, texting, camera - and even occasionally making phone calls.

How is all this technology changing our lives, and what will our lives look like in 50 years as a result of technological advances? 

That's what this two-part module aims to investigate.
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Week 1: Nonfiction

In this module, you'll pick three sources - article, TED talk, and podcast - to explore what is currently happening (or projected to happen in the future) with technology. You can pick your own sources (just get them approved by me first), or you can choose from these suggestions:

Articles
  • ​Implications of Siri going hands-free (nytimes.com)
  • Self-driving cars hit the streets (npr.org)
  • Can we build an Iron Man suit for soldiers? (sciencemag.com)
  • Facebook is trying to take over the world (washingtonpost.com)
  • The future of robots (newyorker.com)
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Videos: watch 15 - 30 minutes of TED talks on technology (one longer one or a couple shorter ones)
  • Futuristic technology that exists now playlist
  • Internet and social media playlist
  • Drones playlist
  • The scary side of data playlist
  • Tech breakthroughs playlist

Podcasts
  • Note to Self (various topics related to technology - any recent episode will work)
  • Radiolab (science and tech stuff)
    • Darkode - all about hacking
    • Smile My Ass - the story of Candid Camera
    • Eye in the Sky - crime-stopping tech or crazy privacy invader?
  • Reply All (podcast about the internet)
    • The Flower Child - the most hated man on the internet
    • Undo, Undo, Undo - that moment when you realize you clicked and can't take it back...
    • Jennicam Revisited - a look at one of the first 24/7 streaming webcams
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    • Connect >
      • Board Game Reviews (mini)
      • CCHS Powtoon
      • Coco!
      • Creative Writing Seminar >
        • Calvin and Hobbes
        • Pieces of art
        • Tell Tale Cards
      • Dragon Post
      • Editorializing
      • E-mail Etiquette (Dead Poet's Society)
      • E-mail Etiquette (Star Wars)
      • English Skills
      • Go Write Outside
      • HONY and Narrative Essays
      • Nature Poetry
      • Passion Project
      • Persons, Places, Things
      • Photo Essays
      • Rebel Girls >
        • Jane Goodall
      • Stereotypes
      • Teach Me Something
      • Virtual Reality-ing
      • What Music Means
    • Construct >
      • 2018 in Review
      • Book Censorship
      • Live Anywhere
      • Picture Book Inquiry
      • Propaganda Bombs
      • PSA Powtoon
      • Self-Improvement
      • State of the Union
      • Rant to Reason
      • TED Topics
      • Who Cares?
    • Be Curious >
      • Art Time is Fun Time!
      • Caper with the Classics
      • CCHS Librarians
      • Emma: Friend or Foe?
      • Fahrenheit 451
      • Found Poetry
      • Google Expeditions
      • Hero's Journey
      • Irreverence
      • Macbeth
      • Poetry
      • The Lottery
      • "Worthy" Art