Good work so far...

Some of you have done incredibly well, congratulations!
For those who are a bit lost at this project, let me remind you about some items you should have already completed and posted. All this information is available at the lesson plan page of the wiki, consult it when you need to check how to continue and jump to the next step of the project.

April
1. What is technology? Reading Comprehension task
2. The benefits of technological literacy. Reading Comprehension task, class + forum debate

May
3. The Nature of Technology. Translation task
4. Translating successfully. Comparison of translation tools

June - July
5. Technology and Science. Listening Comprehension task

August - September
6. Technology and Innovation. Reading comprehension task, forum debate
7. The evolution of Technology. Writing task, forum and slides

October - November
8. The Digital Divide. Writing integrative group task

Remember it is important that you accomplish ALL EIGHT STAGES by mid-november. Consult me or the Lab assistants whenever you need to. We'll be willing to help.

See you next class, Jimena

Evolution of technology.

2. Write your profile, as JJ did, including your personal details, interests, etc
3. How many items did JJ cover in his presentation? Name the items/topics
4. Do you agree with his choice? Would you choose the same ones or others?
5. Think of two other topics you would include under "Great changes in the last 100 years".
6. Choose ONE of these topics of change and prepare a short presentation (3 slides aprox) to illustrate your point.

2. Name: Tobías Frieder
Country: Argentina
Interests and hobbies: I like playing Basketball, going to the cienma, going out with friends and paintball.
Movies and Shows: "El conde de Montecristo" and "Ocean´s eleven"
Music: I like Argentinian rock (Los piojos, Las pastillas del abuelo, La bersuit, etc).
Books: My favourite book is "the shadow of the wind" of Carlos Ruiz Zafón.


3. He talks about 3 things:The invention of internet, CD's and DVD's, and the barcode.
The 3 things he talks about are:
- CD´s and DVD´s
- Invention of Internet
- Barcode

4. I think it´s OK but I´d put mnore information of that topics.
For example Ipods, Iphone, after CD´s and DVD´s.

5. I choose:
-The evolution of weapons
-The evolution of transports

Science and Technology, by Alejandro Grushka

1. Complete the abstract using these words: environment, energy, disease, applied, resources, pure, industry, poverty, computers, risks, communication, scale, geographic, human race.Man's way of life has depended on technology since the begin of civilization - the flint stone, the control of fire, the wheel, the printing press. In the earliest times significant advances were rare and they were separated by long periods of time - but their benefits, and disadvantages, were easily understood. About two hundred years ago, however, the pace quickened and in recent decades a cascade of truly disruptive advances has revolutionised the way we live. The technologies behind the advances have become increasingly complex and few people understand how they work and fewer still where they are going. The social implications of the advances have also ceased to be obvious and it has become essential that we study their social consequences.Modern technology tends to be thought of in terms of the advances brought about by computers and electronic communication but it is in transport, medicine, energy and weaponry that we have seen the greatest impact upon our lives. It is these areas that distinguish the first world from the second and third worlds. If poverty and disease are to be alleviated and the environment sustained, then technology must be harnessed on a vast and all inclusive scale . Large scale risks must be involved. Significant technology is not created by lone workers but by tens and hundreds of individuals working together across social and geographic boundaries. We must wake up to the fact that it is technologists that is determining the future of the human race. Advances require vast industry and companies that are prepared to take resources, and if Britain is to continue to play a crucial role in technology then our establishment must realise that pure science is rivaling applied science both in importance and in intellectual interest.2. Listening to the lectureComplete the presentation to the lecture Presentation (00:00 – 01:38)Venue: Waterloo Chamber of Winser CastleIn the honorable presence of : Royal highness duke of Edinburg, the senior fellow of the royal academy of engineeringLecturer: The president of the royal academy of engineeringFrom: the last lecture of the series of the president of the royal academy, entitled “the triumph of technology”, the Drowning of the new age.Invention chosen by ther public as number 1 in the last 200 years: The bicycleBrings solution to: Traffic congestion, air pollution, diseases, poverty, global warming.Lecturer´s message today: Nothing will be possible unless all of us, are prepared to engage and require the political will to bring about the change.Complete the first part of the lecture Part 1 (01:48 to 04:09)Almost exactly 93 years ago tonight, on 15 April 1912, over two thousand terrified and bewildered people found themselves with little warning drifting or drowning in the ice-cold North Atlantic. Only 712 of them survived that night. They were, of course, the passengers, officers, and crew of the White Star steamship Titanic, and they were in a sense victims of 'failures' of technology.The Titanic disaster was in the main a result of over-reach, of a gap between the achievements of some technologies and the shortcomings of others; and of managerial failures on the part of those who used the available technology. Although Titanic had a radio communications system - and it was an important factor in directing rescue vessels to her - it was a system still in its infancy Although the technology of shipbuilding already embraced double skins and water-tight bulkheads, these fell far short of the completeness that we now expect. Those navigating this huge vessel were in some important respects no further advanced than the Vikings who had sailed these same seas ten centuries before: they could locate themselves only by means of stellar observation and dead reckoning, and they had only their eyes to see what lay ahead - and this was less than a hundred years ago.The managerial failures were perhaps worse. The ship's officers were warned of ice by radio messages, which they ignored. They hadn't carried out safety drills or trained the ship's company. The ship was speeding blindly into a known danger area in order to meet her scheduled arrival time in New York. Accidents, by definition, happen. But more diligent officers, properly-trained crew, and a sufficiency of lifeboats, could have saved the majority of those lost to the depths on that dreadful April night.