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**__How Technology Has Changed Our Lives In and Out of School__**
SOLs addressed: English 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 History USII.8 Ø How profound an effect has the Internet had at school/socially/in business? Ø How has technology changed how we work together in school/socially/in busines? Ø How has social networking changed our lives in school/socially/in busines? Ø How has Google/Yahoo/other search engines changed our lives in school/socially/in busines? Ø How have application programs (Microsoft Office, etc,) changed our lives in school/socially/in busines? Ø How has keeping kids secure changed in school/socially/in busines? Ø How big is the technology gap in school/socially/in busines? Ø What does appropriate use look like? How is it used appropriately at school/socially/in busines? Ø How has technology changed our lives in school/socially/in busines?
 * 1) Present to the students [|How The New Technology Has Profoundly Changed Education]
 * 2) Lead a general discussion of the article. Author’s purpose, tone, etc.
 * 3) Divide the article up into paragraphs and ask the students to read their paragraph and compare using a Venn or Inspiration map how the books are treated in the article and how computers are treated in today’s schools.
 * 4) Let students choose topics from the 9 listed. Topics are:

There may be two kids in one class on a topic. There will be at least one kid per class on each topic.

Planning
 * 1) The students will look at two aspects of their topic: how this technology has changed everyday living and how it has changed education. The students will pair up with their partner(s) at the other school and decide, via the wiki discussion and email, who will do the school focus and who will do the out of school focus for the project.
 * 2) Research will be conducted. All research will include interviews. Students will collaborate on a good set of interview questions, interview separately and then use the interviews as part of their final wiki posting.
 * 3) Students will collaborate on the final product and post collected information and findings on their assigned wiki page.
 * 4) Students will be assessed according to a rubric.