Technology at Work

In Technology at Work, students research technology’s impact on the workplace and on people’s daily lives, and create a report to communicate their findings.

Duration: 2-5 hours

Plan an Event is suitable for:

• Key Stage 3
• Key Stage 4
• Post-16

Students use Docs, Search, Sheets, Slides, Sites.

By the end of these lessons, students will be able to:

• Explain how technology creates new jobs and changes the way people work.
• Recognize information and innovation as key drivers of today’s economy.
• Describe various ways technology continuously changes the workplace.
• Identify different ways technology is used in jobs that may not be typically thought of as “tech” jobs.
• Plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits
• Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.

The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing.

How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”.

If you are a teacher in England, you can register here for our free teacher workshops. . If you would like to bring the applied digital skills training event to your school, college or centre near you and can guarantee 20 educators, we can host the event at your school or college.