Lesson 5 visions of the future 2
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This document provides materials for Level 1 Lesson 5 of an educational program, including: 1. An outline of the lesson activities which involve predicting a DVD, note-taking skills, viewing the DVD, research planning, and forming study groups. 2. A handout on using abbreviations in note-taking. 3. A research planning guide which provides templates for students to plan their research on how various technologies may change society. 4. An example worksheet for students to review article titles and select promising ones for their research on the topic of ubiquitous computing.
Lesson 5 visions of the future 2
- 1. Appendix 2 – Level 1, Lessons 1 - 5 1 L E VE L 1 LESSON 5 Back To Top 1. Groups: predict what they will see on the DVD today (Remind SS of the prediction tasks they did in L4 & the benefits.) 2. Notetaking Skills: Using Abbreviations handout 3. View DVD: 21.31 – 41.48 4. Post-viewing: groups check each others notes for abbreviations 5. Research Planning Guide 6. Set up Study Groups (SGs): How will society be changed by …? Ubiquitous Computing Virtual Reality Social Networking Artificial Intelligence 7. SGs decide on essential tasks option: ask SGs to produce a mind map of tasks & responsible persons 8. Article Search 1 (Research skills) SGs work together to identify the articles which are most likely to be worth looking at 9. Homework: research for SG
- 2. Appendix 2 – Level 1, Lessons 1 - 5 2 USING ABBREVIATIONS IN NOTETAKING Back To Lesson 5 Contents When you listen to a lecture or read an article, you do not have time to write everything down. Short notes are best. You can use abbreviations and symbols to help you. and &, + because chapter ch. compare cf. correct department dept. equal to = especially esp. for example e.g. government govt. Can you think of any more? greater than > important N.B. _____________________________________________ information info. _____________________________________________ less than < maximum max. _____________________________________________ minimum min. _____________________________________________ not equal number No. or # _____________________________________________ page/pages p./ pp. possibly poss. _____________________________________________ probably prob. _____________________________________________ question Q results from _____________________________________________ results in, leads to same as above " _____________________________________________ similar to _____________________________________________ that is to say, in other words i.e. therefore ________________________________________ uncertain, not sure ? very v. with reference to re. wrong X
- 3. Appendix 2 – Level 1, Lessons 1 - 5 3 Research Planning Guide Back To Lesson 5 Contents 1. Assignment topic: Complete the sentence with your topic. In the next 50 years modern society is going to change significantly. Some of these changes will be due to ______________________________ . Describe these changes and discuss whether they are positive or negative. 1.1 What does the essay require you to do? What should you not do? 1.2 Which topic have you decided to write about? (ubiquitous computing, virtual reality, artificial intelligence or social networking?) 1.3 Why have you chosen this one? Make notes in the box below.
- 4. Appendix 2 – Level 1, Lessons 1 - 5 4 2. Positive or negative? As you do your research, make notes of the positive and negative effects of ______________________________. You will use these notes to help you write your essay so it is important that you can find the original source again. For information from an article, write the author’s name, the name of the article, the journal, and the issue it is in, the date. For information from a book, write the author’s name, the date, the name of the book, the publisher and location, and page numbers. For information from a website, include the title of the page and the URL. Source Item Positive Negative Examples Cheng, X. (2000), ‘Asian students' reticence revisited’, in System, 28 (2000), 435 – 446. Bachman, L.F., and Palmer, A., (1996), Language Testing in Practice: Designing and Developing Useful Language Tests. Oxford University Press: Oxford. p. 7 ACADEMIC LITERACY: A Statement of Competencies Expected of Students Entering California’s Public Colleges and Universities, (2002) Available at URL: http://www.academicsenate.cc.ca.us/icas. html
- 5. Appendix 2 – Level 1, Lessons 1 - 5 5 3. Choosing your essay content. Think carefully about which points will be easiest to write about. Choose the points that you have the most evidence for. It is better if you have more than one source for each point. Make brief notes below. Then decide on the order of the items: which one you will write about first, second, and so on. Item # + or - Details Source
- 6. Appendix 2 – Level 1, Lessons 1 - 5 6 ARTICLE SEARCH – A: UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING Back To Lesson 5 Contents Note This is an example of four Article Searches. There would be one worksheet for each research area: ubiquitous computing, social networking, virtual reality and artificial intelligence. Each worksheet would have approximately 20 articles titles. Task: Students look at the list and narrow down which articles look promising for their needs. Initially, this exercise is done as a paper-based worksheet to prevent students from being tempted to open and read the first few articles rather than making a selection from the list; however, when students are more familiar with using article lists, the task could be repeated later online. This list is from the New Scientist website: http://www.newscientist.com. A search was done using the key words ubiquitous computing. The list also contains links to blog entries, ‘breaking news’ items, which are available on the website, and previews of magazine articles. Students will need to distinguish the differences. New Scientist 1. 'Pulp-based computing' makes normal paper smart ...Enlarge image 'Pulp-based computing' can give ordinary paper new...technology dubbed 'Pulp-based' computing. Marcelo Coelho, now at...the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing in Innsbruck, Austria. Swedish... Mason Inman, 19 September 2007 Breaking News 2. 'Smart homes' could track your electrical noise ...location. "The problem I see with a lot of ubiquitous computing research is that it requires the creation of new...be presented at the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing in Innsbrook, Austria, next week, Abowd and... Kurt Kleiner, 10 September 2007 Breaking News
- 7. Appendix 2 – Level 1, Lessons 1 - 5 7 3. New Scientist Technology Blog ...keen to make is that, as computing becomes ubiquitous, the potential for personal...tech channels, like Will ubiquitous computing really make things that...Labels: privacy, security, ubiquitous computing Posted by Tom at 11... 4. Smart sheets let gadgets talk through their feet ...free users from having to plug gadgets into each other. "I hate cables," says Chris Wren, a specialist in ubiquitous computing at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "This allows devices resting on surfaces... Paul Marks, 06 October 2007 From magazine issue 2624 Technology 5. Your body, the high speed data cable ...processes such as opening a door or downloading new email messages. And in a paper on CarpetLAN presented at the 2005 Ubiquitous Computing conference in Tokyo, Shinagawa stated his eventual aim: to embed transceivers in Japanese tatami - straw mats... David McNeill, Miguel A. Quintana, 17 November 2007 From magazine issue 2630 Features 6. Parasitic computing ...Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Parasitic computing News that the world's first heat...But there's a more important and ubiquitous application. Today, anything that...similar job - you could call it parasitic computing. I wonder how efficient a device like... 7. Posted by Justin, 17 July 2007 Blogs China special: Beyond the Great Firewall ...there are different motivations at every level" of government. Everyone seems to agree that the internet will soon be ubiquitous in China. Then what? Will there continue to be two internets, effectively separated by language, culture and the great... Gregory T. Huang, 07 November 2007 From magazine issue 2629 Features