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Youth Time Magazine: The Impact of Technology on the Future of Work
An interview with David Timis who studies the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of work. He discusses how youth can prepare themselves. Includes a 30-minute video. (Published August 30, 2020)
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Mc Kinsey & Company: Organizing for the Future: Nine Keys to Becoming a Future Ready Company
This article discusses what companies are or should be doing to prepare their organizations for a post-pandemic world. Trends in technology are having a major impact on the traditional ways of managing a company, and advice is offered...
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Pocket Lint: Life in the Future: Tech That Will Change the Way We Live
Technology has the power to do many things, and changing the world is one of them. We're privileged to be living in a time where science and technology can assist us, make our lives easier, and rethink the ways we go about our daily...
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Deloitte Insights: Creating the Government of the Future
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated - in some cases, by years - the advance of the future of government. By necessity, government's response to the pandemic resulted in rapid change of the sort generally not seen in the public sector. From...
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The Conversation: Ten Reasons Teachers Struggle Technology in the Classroom
While teachers are expected to integrate technology into the classroom, discover some of the roadblocks.
BBC
Bbc News: Strange Predictions for the Future From 1930
Describes some fantastic predictions made in the 1930s for what technology might bring in the future, for example, the creation of a sea in the Sahara Desert and the widespread ownership of personal airplanes. (Published 26 December 2014)
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School in the Park
School in the Park is a unique program connecting inner city schools and students with academic and cultural experiences through local museums to offer opportunities which might not otherwise be available to them. This particular program...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Battery of the Future May Be Made of Paper
Read about the development of a paper battery in Sweden. Includes video.
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The Center for the Study of Technology and Society
This online magazine offers the latest news and information concerning the relationship between society and available technologies.
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Blue Fountain Media: The Impact of Covid 19 on the Future of Technology
The way we live has changed immeasurably since COVID-19 began spreading rapidly throughout the United States. The importance of technology in our lives has never been more apparent. The virus will have a tremendous long-term impact on...
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Paleofuture: The History of the Future: 42 Amazing High Tech Predictions From the 1950s and '60S
It's the 21st century, but sometimes it feels like our futuristic dreams are stuck in the 1950s and 60s. And there's actually a good reason for that. The period between 1958 and 1963 might be described as a Golden Age of American...
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Hub Spot: 14 Ways Technology Will Affect the Future of Customer Service
The progress of video, real-time messaging, chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI), cryptocurrencies, self-service, and even customer success itself, all present the potential for big changes in the day-to-day workings of customer...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Technology and Copyright Law a 'Futurespective'
Contains plans for five lessons that ask learners to write newspaper articles predicting how copyright law will adapt to new technologies in the future. They will do this after reviewing instances of this in the past. In addition to...
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center: The Future of Well Being in a Tech Saturated World
A discussion of how future technologies will affect our well-being.
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Pew Research Center: Concerns About the Future of People's Well Being
As in all great technological revolutions, digital life has and will continue to have a dark side. A discussion that explores this issue.
Read Works
Read Works: Solar Absorbers and the Future of Electricity
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about solar panels being used to create electricity. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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The Impact of Information Technology on Work and Society
The aim of this report is to provide a brief summary of some of the main technological developments that have taken place in information technology and how these developments have had an influence on the way we work and on society in...
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The Flickering Mind
Looking for an alternative point of view on educational technology? Use this informative website focusing on a book called "The Flickering Mind,"-a new and controversial book which argues that computers have done far more harm than good...
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Fuel Our Future Now: Gr. 6 8 Module: Designing a Vehicle for the Year 2020 [Pdf]
In this 6-8 teaching module, students learn about natural resources, human impact on the environment, and engineering design in vehicle transportation. Using real world scientific data and scientific reasoning skills, they investigate...
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Odyssey of the Mind: Up to Speed
Students "learn about vehicles, velocity, angles, and energy," as they participate in a variety of creative and hands-on activities, like building adjustable ramps, researching modes of transportation, and predicting "what transportation...
PBS
Pbs Nova: The Stuff of Smartphones
This interactive explores the anatomy of a smartphone showing the materials and technology involved in making one while questioning what environmental impact the phones will have in the future.
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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Ocean Power [Pdf]
Chapter 20 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at power generated from the ocean, its history, and uses. This is a source that has been minimally developed in Texas and is unlikely to develop in the near future. It...
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Mit Technology Review
Technology Review is a magazine by MIT which seeks to "promote the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society." It provides you with daily technology information including events, discussions, and...
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Physorg.com: Technology: Engineering: Robo Copters in Marines' Future
Learn about the possibility of using robotic helicopters, summoned by a soldier's digital handheld, to assist in a combat area.