ASCA Domain 2: Career Development
Standard A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work
in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
Competency 1: Develop Career Awareness
Indicator 7: Understand the importance of planning.
Indicator 8: Understand how changing economic and societal needs influence employment
trends and future training.
trends and future training.
Standard C: Students will understand the relationship between
per- sonal qualities, education, training and the world of work.
per- sonal qualities, education, training and the world of work.
Competency 1: Acquire Knowledge to Achieve Career Goals
Indicator 1: Understand the relationship between educational achievement and career
success.
success.
Indicator 4: Understand that the changing workplace requires lifelong learning
and acquiring new skills.
and acquiring new skills.
Objective:
Students will review past technological innovations and how the public
reacted to these new ideas when first introduced in order to understand
how such changes affect society and career goals and plans.
reacted to these new ideas when first introduced in order to understand
how such changes affect society and career goals and plans.
Summary:
Students explore the history of technology and use what they know
about the past and the present to make predictions about their future.
about the past and the present to make predictions about their future.
IMPLEMENTATION
Lesson Integration:
Multicultural society requires people be open minded and drop their
bias, prejudice and overcome ignorance.
bias, prejudice and overcome ignorance.
Many people find new ideas difficult to accept at first. Technological
innovations are no exception.
innovations are no exception.
Consider some of the greatest inventions of the past century. Many
educated and famous people did not believe these inventions were useful
or able to endure time.
educated and famous people did not believe these inventions were useful
or able to endure time.
What kinds of things have you heard about that you didn't believe
at first? Are you open minded? Do you encourage others to dream about
future possibilities or do you scoff at new ideas?
at first? Are you open minded? Do you encourage others to dream about
future possibilities or do you scoff at new ideas?
Procedure:
Students will be introduced to an overview of this week's lessons.
* Have students complete the Technology Predictions from the Past
work sheet and discuss the correct answers.
work sheet and discuss the correct answers.
* Use a projector (or use a handout) to show class the webpage: http://listverse.com/history/top-30-failed-technology-predictions/
* Discuss the reactions of students to the failed predictions.
* Form the class into groups of 3-5 each and give them a 3x5 card
on which to write a name for their group and hand it in.
on which to write a name for their group and hand it in.
Differentiated Instruction:
Special attention must be paid to vocabulary.
Futurology
Technology
Innovation
Invention
Bias
Prejudice
Ignorance
Groups will look up definitions and write them on their 3x5 cards.
Collaboration:
Students will work collaboratively.
Students will work in groups of 5.
Students will work in groups of 5.
Time Allotment: 1 class period. 1 Hr per class.
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Instructional Materials:
Technology Predictions from the Past work sheet.
An Illustrated Speculative Timeline of Technology and Social Change
for the Next One Thousand Years (Online at: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html)
for the Next One Thousand Years (Online at: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html)
Futurists: Technology wonders ahead other print and online resources
on the future of technology (Online at: http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/01/01/predictions/)
on the future of technology (Online at: http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/01/01/predictions/)
Resources:
* Technology resources: Internet Explorer, PowerPoint, http://docs.google.com
* Students Familiarity with Software Tool: Must know how to navigate
the web.
the web.
* Enough computers for each group to share one is minimum requirement.
ASSESSMENT
Technology Predictions from the Past Pre- and Post-Test
Directions: Read the technology predictions from the past. Choose the correct
word below to complete each sentence.
word below to complete each sentence.
Computers
Motion Picture
Radio
Telephone
Television
World Wide Web
1. "There is no reason people would want
________________________ in their homes."
________________________ in their homes."
2. "A student body that once said 'I want
my MTV' is about to be succeeded by one that demands 'I want my ____________________.'
"
my MTV' is about to be succeeded by one that demands 'I want my ____________________.'
"
3. "This ____________________________ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as
a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
4. "I believe that the ______________________ is destined to
revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will
supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks."
revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will
supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks."
5. "In five years, you will not be able to buy a _____________________
that is not Internet-enabled."
that is not Internet-enabled."
6. "I think there is a world market for maybe five ____________________."
7. "The _________________________ has no imaginable commercial
value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
8. "There won't be schools in the future. The whole system is
based on a set of structural concepts that are incompatible with the
presence of __________________________."
based on a set of structural concepts that are incompatible with the
presence of __________________________."
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Answers to Technology Predictions from the Past:
1. computers (Ken Olson, president, chairman, and founder of Digital
Equipment Corp., 1977); 2. World Wide Web; 3. telephone (Western Union
internal memo, 1876); 4. motion picture (Thomas Edison, 1922); 5. television
(Alan Mckeon, CEO ViewCall, September, 1996); 6. computers (Thomas Watson,
chairman of IBM, 1943); 7. radio (David Sarnoff's associates in response
to his urging for investment in the radio in the 1920s); 8. computers
(Seymour Papert, 1984).
Equipment Corp., 1977); 2. World Wide Web; 3. telephone (Western Union
internal memo, 1876); 4. motion picture (Thomas Edison, 1922); 5. television
(Alan Mckeon, CEO ViewCall, September, 1996); 6. computers (Thomas Watson,
chairman of IBM, 1943); 7. radio (David Sarnoff's associates in response
to his urging for investment in the radio in the 1920s); 8. computers
(Seymour Papert, 1984).
Grade Level: Easily adapted for all grades K-20 including PD.
Subject(s): History, Information Literacy, Technology, Futurology
Notes:
The technologies covered in this lesson are recognized world-wide
and across all cultures so there should be no challenges in this regard.
Those with hearing or sight impairments may need accommodation with
regard to equipment but the technologies studied are general enough
that modifications in this regard are already understood.
and across all cultures so there should be no challenges in this regard.
Those with hearing or sight impairments may need accommodation with
regard to equipment but the technologies studied are general enough
that modifications in this regard are already understood.
These lessons use websites as resources for study so if internet connection
is questionable, it would be best to print the information ahead of
time. Traditional paper and pencil methods can work just as well as
computer-based instruction. The lesson uses the research of historic
events, plus group discussion and analysis, followed by future predictions,
with said predictions presented to the class during the last session.
is questionable, it would be best to print the information ahead of
time. Traditional paper and pencil methods can work just as well as
computer-based instruction. The lesson uses the research of historic
events, plus group discussion and analysis, followed by future predictions,
with said predictions presented to the class during the last session.
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