Design and create a website to stay in touch with members of a group. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Create a visual display of an idea in a presentation using data and supporting evidence to persuade your audience. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Use these back to school-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
Use these friends & neighbors-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
Clay Shirky shows how social media services such as Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, thus changing the nature of politics. [15:49]
The recent generations have been bathed in connecting technology from birth, says futurist Don Tapscott, and as a result the world is transforming into one that is far more open and transparent. In this inspiring talk, he lists the four core principles that show how this open world can be a far better place. [17:52]
Language is complex, and when abstract or nuanced concepts get lost in translation, the consequences may be catastrophic. Given the complexities of language and cultural exchange, how do these epic miscommunications not happen all the time? Ewandro Magalhaes explains how much of the answer lies with the skill and training of interpreters to overcome language barriers. [4:56]
Katherine Hampsten describes why miscommunication occurs so frequently, and how we can minimize frustration while expressing ourselves better. [4:32]
Starts with a simple definition of a network and then explores the components of a network, how a network works, types of networks, communication protocol, and hardware.
What happens when you combine "technology" and "dissection?" At the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, AL, kids find out, by taking apart electronic gadgets to learn how they work. Kids can then put them back together or make new things with the parts. Check out what happens when they dissect cameras! [1:09]
Email your guidance counselor and manage your classes and activities in a spreadsheet to make sure you're on track to graduate. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
This lesson challenges students to solve congestion and traffic delays in an intersection through modifying traffic signal operation. Students are required to collect traffic data, optimize the timing of a traffic signal via the use of Excel, and then optimize the timing of a grid of traffic lights using a NetLogo simulation.
Students visit their city's traffic management center, tour the traffic signal control room and meet with Nick Van Gunst, a traffic engineer who shows them that the city's traffic light system is controlled by computers. They learn that a stoplight queue, which is a line of waiting cars, is caused when the cars waiting at a red light don't get a long enough green light to get through the intersection. [1:53]
Students process and analyze data on traffic light congestion. This is part of a 7-part engineering design lesson. [3:31]
Students utilize a computer simulation to help solve their problem of traffic light congestion. This is part of a 7-part engineering design lesson. [3:55]
Students celebrate by watching the traffic flow smoothly at their intersection and reflect on the role computers play in helping to solve complex problems. This is part of a 7-part engineering design lesson. [1:53]
Canals, railroads, steamboats, telegraphs! Kim talks about the transportation and communication revolutions of the early 19th century and how they changed American business. [10:24]
Khan Academy learning modules include a Community space where users can ask questions and seek help from community members. Educators should consult with their Technology administrators to determine the use of Khan Academy learning modules in their classroom. Please review materials from external sites before sharing with students.
A family of elephants rescues a baby elephant kidnapped by a rival elephant family in this video segment from Nature.
Students practice the ability to produce clear, complete, accurate and detailed design drawings through an engineering design challenge. Using only the specified materials, teams are challenged to draw a design for a wind-powered car. Then, they trade engineering drawings with another group and attempt to construct the model cars in order to determine how successfully the original design intentions were communicated through sketches, dimensions and instructions.
"Active Learning, Critical Thinking and Multicultural Education in Communication Ethics" discusses strategies to assist students in dealing with moral issues and to develop higher order thinking in the ethical decision-making process.