Disconnect to Reconnect.
The 2 lessons discusses whether or not it is possible to get away from our smart devices and return to the real world.
1st part of the lesson explores - How have mobile phones changed over the past decades?
2nd part of the lesson investigates - How our life was changed by the constant use of these smart devices?
Includes discussion in pairs on what stupid/smart stuff can the smartphones do
"Us and Technology: Special Valentine's Day Presentation" visually explores the human addiction to smart technology. The lesson questions what do we love more, our loved ones or the smartphones?
The presentation consists of 14 slides.
The lesson discusses the origin of a Cyber Monday. It focuses on the critical understanding of consumer society and the development of critical thinking.
The lesson is recommended for the secondary classes, it contains 18 slides.
Special Halloween Presentation ‘Most Spooky Technologies Ever Created’.
The lesson contains 13 slides. Also, it has the youtube video for a conclusion. https://www.tes.com/api/authn/sign-out-redirect
The lesson aims to understand:
i. What are the risks on the internet?
ii. To discuss the risks of growing up in a digital world.
iii. How to promote online safety?
iv. What digital rights do you have?
It contains 15 slides.
II Part: You Rock at Powerpoint: Tips and Tricks for Making Great Presentations. The lesson contains 13 slides.
Continuation of I Part: You Fail at Powerpoint: 5 Shocking Design Mistakes You Need to Avoid . The link: tinyurl.com/y8ekzsu9.
The lesson consists of II parts:
I. You Fail at Powerpoint: 5 Shocking Design Mistakes You Need to Avoid (pdf&pptx_60 slides)
II. You Rock at PowerPoint: Tips and Trick for Making Great Presentations (will be uploaded later).
The Future of Work and The Work of Future (Special International Workers´ Day Presentation / 1st of May).
The lesson investigates what will be the future of work, will work will be taken by automatic machines, robots, etc. It also rhetorically asks what new values this automation will bring?
The lesson consists of 44 slides.
The lesson on Cyber Terrorism investigates:
a) What is Cyberterrorism?
b) How does the Cyber Attack happen and what it usually involves?
c) What are the most famous Cyber Attacks and how they are punished?
The lesson ends with the Class Discussion debating 2 questions (can be done in 2 groups):
1) Significance and Damage of Cyber Attacks.
2) Cyber Attacks vs. Conventional Attacks.
It contains 23 slides.
The lesson has 3 parts and discusses in detail:
1. Advances in Computing;
2. Micro-Electronic Revolution;
3. What is Coming Next?
It contains 45 slides.
The special lesson on "Women in Technology" for the International Women's Day (8th of March). It focuses on Women inventors in the past and Women in technology now.
The lesson contains 21 slides.
The lesson discusses the arguments for and against having the Internet Police. It investigates the use of Internet Police for:
1. DNA Profiling;
2. Electronic Tracking;
3. CCTV & Privacy.
It asks what ethical issues can arise from such police. The lesson contains 17 slides.
The lesson investigates What are Cyberpunks and Why Privacy Matters. It also presents the Retrospective of Digital Age, asks Who and Why is possibly watching you, discusses the CyberAge Threats and What is the Free Software?
The lesson contains 53 slides.
The lesson critically investigates The Human Condition in the Age of Technology. It asks whether we become addicted to devices, are we also going to loose various skills (for example, the driving skill thanks to the driverless car)? Did our world become too technocratic?
The lesson also includes the class discussion where students discuss the relevance of skills. Are contemporary technology and devices killing creativity or letting it flourish instead?
The lesson contains 17 slides.
The lesson investigates what does it mean to learn in the Digital Age. What is the future of learning? Will it become totally digitized? What will be the new literacies? Adapted from Steve Wheeler.
The lesson contains 60 slides.
The lesson investigates what does the phenomena of dehumanization mean. More precisely, what influence the technological advancements have on education, services and culture. It also tries to ask whether or not it is possible to turn from Dehumanization to Re-humanization.
The lesson contains 13 slides.
The lesson explores different problems we could experience online (via social networks and media). Also, this lesson investigates the possible consequences (outcomes) of these problems.
The lesson has the logo quiz and contains 26 slides.
The lesson discusses how music have changed due to various digital computer technologies (for example, auto-tuning of voice to make music sound better, anyone can be an artist and make records at home, everyone can access music online, etc.).
The lesson also includes the home assignment: CREATE YOUR BAND’S FIRST ALBUM COVER or VIDEO! Students are asked to design the Album Cover or Make a Video Clip of their favorite music band:
1) Design the album cover or make a video clip of your favorite music band.
OR
2) Create your own band and design your own visual representation (band logo, album cover or video).
The lesson contains 17 slides.
On Robots: Will Machines Rule the World?
The lesson investigates the development of robotics and artificial intelligence. It also includes the plenary class discussion about the future of AI.
The lesson discusses how to be safe online and how to deal with cyber-bullying? It contains 19 slides.
Students have the task to write down on their worksheets what ideas come to their mind when they see couple of the topic-specific pictures.