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1. WARM UP Practice the warm up questions with a partner (synchronous), and share it with the class later. Alternatively, you might post on discussion1 (asynchronous).

1. Tell a dream of you about the future of technology when you were a kid. 2. Has that dream come true today? 3. What are your expectations for the future in terms of technology?

= 2. THE JETSONS = Below there is a video from the animated sit-com The Jetsons. The Jetsons was firstly aired in 1962 and later in 1985 in the US. This Utopian sit-com dates to 2062 ( 100 years into the future at the time of production). Jetson family lives in elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions in this sit-com.

1. Watch the video below. 2. Note any event, production, or tools that are presented as the technological tools of the future (remember that the sit-com is produced in 1962-1985) 3. Are any of those tools available today? How do we use them?

Discuss with a partner and then share with the class (synchronous). Alternatively you might post on discussion2 (asynchronous).

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=3. THE FLINTSTONES*= // ***The Flintstones** // is an animated, prime-time American television [|sitcom] that screened from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966, on [|ABC]. Produced by [|Hanna-Barbera Productions], // The Flintstones // was about a [|working class] [|Stone Age] man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend.

Below there is a video from the animated sit-com The Flintstones produced in the same years with The Jetsons. Watch the video, while watching take down notes about:


 * the cars,
 * the traffic
 * stairs
 * tailor
 * newspaper
 * dinner
 * tv,... etc.

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=4. VOICETHREAD=

Now you will answer the question below by comparing The Jetsons and The Flintstones videos above. To answer the question you will use VoiceThread (this time with video/audio recording and doodling functions). While answering questions first you will click comment button and choose video recording/or audio recording, while it starts recording, you will play the video and pause it when necessary, and use your mouse to doodle on the video and compare and contrast what you see. After finishing your recording, do not forget to save it. To see how I did it, please click and watch my comment first, then practice your own.

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1. How those tools are different from the ones in The Jetsons in terms of technology?

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