DIGITAL SYSTEMS: CSER Task 4 - exploring past and present technologies

Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfhSC5BSC48

Option 3: Exploring past and present technologies: Share a lesson idea that involves exploring past and present technologies. You might prepare a resource, a lesson plan or some online content that accompanies your lesson.

Last term we read this book in a Guided Reading session:

It provided a fabulous discussion on changes to music, airliners, telephones and books. The chapters that compared the gramophone with the MP3 player, and the first phone with today's mobile phones were really interesting for the students.

Working with a partner, students could complete either a Venn diagram or a PMI chart to demonstrate their understanding in comparing the changes to technology.

Credits: http://linapmichart.weebly.com/pmi-chart-examples.html

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