1. TECHNOLOGY- A MUST? Project in English

2. TECHNOLOGY How does technology influence the quality of life? How much do you know about the technology surrounding you?

3. TECHNOLOGY What is the role of technology in your life? How do you imagine your life without the help of technology?

4. Match the technology items with the time period when they were invented airplane automobile computer telephone television Late 1760s 1876 Late 1880s 1903 1946

5. Who invented: the airplane________________ the automobile ________________ the computer ________________ the telephone ________________ the television ________________

6. Explain how the following technology items work: airplaneautomobilecomputertelephone television

7. List five vocabulary items to be used to describe the following items:

8. TASK 1 Get in groups of 4 and pick an invention to work on for the rest of the project

9. What you will be asked to do: In groups of 4 you will divide amongst yourselves the following 4 research roles research on the early history of the invention research on the development of the invention research on vocabulary related to the invention research on 2 exercises with vocabulary related to the invention All research information is to be presented in Word document form and then in PowerPoint presentation form

10. What you will be asked to do: In groups of 4 present the invention in terms of: component parts instructions for use advantages and disadvantages predicted future developments

11. What you will be asked to do: In groups of 4 devise a questionnaire made up of 5 closed and 5 open questions to assess the role of the invention in the lives of people apply the questionnaire to 20 persons report the findings in chart form (to be part of the PowerPoint presentation, together with the questionnaire)

12. What you will be asked to do: In groups of 4 Create an advertisement (poster/video/role- play) to present the invention to accompany the PowerPoint presentation

13. Suggested resources http://www.technologyreview.com/ http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/Fa mousInvention.htm http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/Fa mousInvention.htm http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventions.ht m http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventions.ht m http://www.khake.com/page55.html http://www.learn-english- today.com/vocabulary/a_vocabulary-contents.htm http://www.learn-english- today.com/vocabulary/a_vocabulary-contents.htm http://a4esl.org/a/v3.html http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/index.htm