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Technology : What does it mean to you?. practicalaction.org/schoolstechnologyjustice. What does technology mean to you?. Starter activity Use 4 or 5 post-it notes to write key words or phrases that come to mind when you think of the word ‘technology’. A definition of technology.

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  1. Technology : What does it mean to you? practicalaction.org/schoolstechnologyjustice

  2. What does technology mean to you? Starter activity • Use 4 or 5 post-it notes to write key words or phrases that come to mind when you think of the word ‘technology’.

  3. A definition of technology Most definitions of technology mention the application of scientific knowledge to solve a practical problem. What are the problems being solved with the technologies above?

  4. Technology: my needs Activity: On your own write down the four technologies that you believe you need most in your life, one on each of the four cards given to you by your teacher.

  5. Technology : needs • In a group of 4 students look at the technologies you’ve written on your cards. • Do you have any needs in common with others in your group? • If you have any cards the same just keep one of them and discard the others. • Now, add your group’s technology ‘needs’ cards to the cards given to you by your teacher. • One person in the group needs to shuffle all the cards together and deal them out to the group – so that each student has roughly the same amount of cards. • Look at the cards you’ve been dealt.

  6. Let’s negotiate: technology needs and wants • Take in turns to place your cards one at a time in one of the three boxes on the needs and wants sheet. You need to decide whether the technology on your card is needed, makes life better/easier or is a luxury to have. • Each box has a maximum amount of cards that’s allowed. Make sure you don’t go over the card limit per box. • If you want to move a card into another box, it has to be agreed buy the group. • When you’ve finished the activity let your teacher know.

  7. Needs in common? Make notes from the video clip of a women from Kenya talking about a technology that’s making her life better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXnvzt7L-f8&feature=channel&list=UL

  8. Technology : needs in common? • Now that you’ve watched the video clip imagine you are this Kenyan woman. • Move any of the cards on your Technology needs and wants board to different boxes that might reflect her needs and wants for technology. (Use extra cards if needed). • Do her needs differ from yours? • Now remove the technologies from the board that you think she doesn’t have access to. • Which technologies are you left with? • Why are there some technologies accessible to you and not to her?

  9. If you’ve enjoyed thinking about your Technologyneedsand wants, you might want to find out more about Technology Justice, everyone’s right to access sustainable technologies now and in the future. practicalaction.org/schoolstechnologyjustice

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