I found a graphic organizer on-line that I shared with the students today. It is pictured here. I took the students through the organizer using the Psycho Siri video we have been looking at. I broke the Siri story down so they could see the parts.
Here are some story starters that I put on the screen today for students to think about. I will keep trying different things to help the students find their focus.
You have woken up and the device you designed in class was
sitting next to you! You don’t exactly
know how, but it has become a reality!
Go through your normal day now, using the device that you have designed
In what ways has your new device helped you have a better day?
In what ways has it made your day worse?
Science fiction story
starters based on connectivity
Facebook Nation
Pretend that the only life you have is
Facebook. Imagine that you live your
whole life inside a little room. You are
fully connected by the internet, so you have access to any information you
want. You are fully taken care of, accept that you are isolated. You have known no other life. You do not stand; you exist in a reclining
chair (Yes, like Wall-E.) There is a door, but why would you leave? What would you do?
Describe the room that you
live in. How did this come to be?
Fully Connected
Imagine that we are all networked together. There are no devices to use to send
messages. No mouth is needed to
talk. We are networked such that what
needs to be passed between us is passed.
We don’t type or write with our fingers.
Is there a need for printed documents?
