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Poll

How are we all feeling about starting a new critical essay text?

Open Ended

How far do you think technology will advance in the next 25-30 years? Give some examples of changes you think we are likely to see.

Poll

How dependent on technology do you think we as humans will be by the year 2050?

• 30% or below

• 30-50%

• 50-70%

• 70% and above

Open Ended

What kind of jobs currently done right now by humans might we see being replaced by technology in the next two or three decades?

Word Cloud

What is the main benefit of technological advancement? Sum up in one or two words only.

Word Cloud

What is the main disadvantage of technological advancement? Sum up in one or two words only.

Open Ended

How might our SOCIAL INTERACTIONS change over the next 20-30 years as a direct result of technological advancement?

Multiple Choice

Which is a correct definition of a dystopia?

• A place where people are always dissing others

• A place from the past that we can learn from

• A bad place

• A happy place

Open Ended

If I tell you that The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner, and Blade Runner are all examples of dystopian fiction, what ingredients might you expect to see in a dystopian story? (Think setting, character, plot etc).

Draw

Draw an image that comes to mind when you think of a dystopia.

Open Ended

How is technology / the media currently used across the world to establish / maintain control of populations? Try to think of specific examples.