Digital Input Technology

Subject: New and Emerging Technologies

UNIT TOPIC AND LENGTH:
1-2 weeks (still determining length)
This unit will cover new and emerging technologies in todays world.

COMMON CORE CONTENT STANDARDS:

DIT 26
Research developments in new and emerging technologies.
Research should include the use of periodicals, the Internet, and other sources to
describe new and emerging technologies and products, such as
o on-screen writing applications
o gesture writing applications
o speech-recognition applications
o touch screens
o mobile devices (e.g., iPods, tablets, smartphones)
o associated hardware.
DIT 27
Identify specific emerging technologies and applications and their uses for
lifelong learning.
Identification of each emerging technology and application should include its
usefulness in electronic
o note-taking and writing
o scheduling and tracking of assignments
o maintaining calendars and task lists
o researching
o communicating and collaborating
o managing and organizing data.

BIGIDEAS/ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS: ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

What are new technologies that will
be seen in the near future?
What can we do to prepare for these
technologies?
How has this technology evolved
over time?
How does this technology work?
Who created it?
How can we prepare and stay on top of
technology in an ever-changing world?
How will technology differ in the
future?
How will new technology make us a
more productive society?
How will this technology be applied in
the future?
CONTENT:
Students will become familiar with
new and emerging technologies that
will impact their future.
Students will gain an understanding
of how this technology works.
Students will be able to tell others of
their findings.
SKILLS: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
Research content matter
Explain a new technology to other
students
Evaluate and comprehend articles
Collect information from various
sources
Use technology as a research tool
Cite sources
Use google search efficiently
Understand good vs bad sources

VOCABULARY/KEY TERMS:

APPLICATION

SMARTPHONE

DEVICE

GESTURE WRITING

TECHNOLOGY

PLAGIARISM

EMERGING

SPEECH RECOGNITION

TOUCH SCREEN

AUTONOMY

CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE AND ACTIVITIES:

INITIAL ASSESSMENT :
Find out where students are when it comes to vocabulary

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:
Observations
Bell ringers
Discussion
Think/pair/share

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT:
Vocab test?
 Performance task

FINAL PERFORMANCE TASK:

Performance task will be to create a presentation and present findings of their technology
to the class

LEARNING PLAN & ACTIVITIES:

DAY 1
Bell Ringer: What are some new technologies you have seen come out recently? (3mins)

Introduce students to new technology with a youtube video showcasing some of the
futuristic technologies (7 Mins)

Go over vocabulary words (10 mins)

Think/Pair/Share: (20 mins)

If you could create a piece of technology today, what would it do and why would you create
it? Consider different fields such as medical, education, personal, etc.

Draw a picture of your future technology

Share with your neighbor

DAY 2
Bell Ringer: What is your favorite piece of technology and why? (3 mins)

Have students share with the class

Laptops (6 mins) *Maybe practice take out and put up of laptops

Introduce students to the research process (ask the English teachers where they should be
at when it comes to researching online for this) (10 mins)

Show them how to use search terms (20 mins)

Using quotes in their search
What is a reliable source
What is an unreliable source
Hyphen (-) to exclude words
Keep it simple
Slowly add words
Important words only
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/20-tips-use-google-search-efficiently.html
Try out some of these on the computer (10 mins)

Explain good vs. bad sources: the use of .gov, .org, .edu, etc.
Wikipedia as a guide, not a source

Any leftover time use to do typing tests

Computer clean up
DAY 3
Bell ringer: What is a piece of technology you thought you would use a lot but you dont? (3
mins)

Hand out their assignment they will be researching and presenting

Questions to answer:
How does it work? What is it exactly?
What were some of its predecessors (what came before it)? How did it evolve?
What are some of its features? (at least 4)
What do people use it for?
Who invented it? When did/will it come out?
Why is it important?
What is your opinion of it? Would you use it? Do you think it will become obsolete (out of date)?
Topics:
Gesture writing
o Hand
o Body
o Emotion
Speech-recognition
o speakerdependent
o speaker-independent
Touch screens
o Resistive
o Surface wave
o Capacitive
Kinetic user interfaces
o Wiis & Kinect
Mobile Devices
o Smartphones
Tablets (iPad & others)
Smartwatches
Bluetooth devices
o Hands-free talking
o Headphones
Google Glass
Activity trackers/health monitoring
o Fitbit
Virtual Reality/augmented reality
o Oculus rift
Drones

Show students how to make a Google Slide presentation (if needed)

Have students begin the research process

DAY 4
Bell ringer: What would you consider the most useful or important consumer technology
(go back and look at vocab words) that has been developed in the past two years? Why?

Get out laptops

Continue explaining Google Slides if we didnt get to it.

Work on research presentations

Put up laptops

DAY 5
Bell ringer: What is an interesting fact you found out yesterday about your new
technology?

Get out laptops

Work on research presentations

Put up laptops

DAY 6
Bell Ringer: If you had to give up a piece of tech, what would it be and why?

Get out laptops

Finish research presentations

Put up laptops

RESOURCES:
Google Slides
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/20-tips-use-google-search-
efficiently.html for discussing how to effectively search for things
YouTube video
Laptops with internet