First, a great talk by Kevin Kelly on technology and evolution that will change the way you think about technology:
Your mission: To present an example of new technology to the class in under 10 minutes.
You need to record sources, e.g. links to articles and videos. Find links to companies involved in producing this technology.
Questions you might use:
How new or original is this technology? What does it build on?
What is put forward by the producers of this technology as the main use we can have for it?
Does it have any other potential uses?
Post sources, images and videos here: Hagaberg Tech Review (Feb 2016)
Some good websites:
http://berkeleytechreview.com/
https://www.technologyreview.com/
Monday 15 February 2016
Tuesday 9 February 2016
The Obesity Era
We are looking at 2 works examining the issue of rising obesity and diabetes:
Poland, L. (Director). (2014). Carb Loaded: A Culture Dying to Eat [Motion picture]. USA: The Scene Lab.
More info: https://www.youtube.com/user/CarbLoaded
We're going to have a seminar examining the issues raised by these two works on Monday 15th February.
When watching the film and/or reading the article, ask your self the following:
When we have the seminar on Monday, we'll divide into 2 groups - one group will focus on the film and the other will focus on the article.
Each person will be invited to say something about the film (see the 3 questions above) and then the discussion will be opened up to all members of the class.
To make it a good seminar, you need to have really thought about the article/film and read a bit around it.
Poland, L. (Director). (2014). Carb Loaded: A Culture Dying to Eat [Motion picture]. USA: The Scene Lab.
More info: https://www.youtube.com/user/CarbLoaded
Berreby, D. (2013, June 19). The Obesity Era. Retrieved February 7,
2016, from https://aeon.co/essays/blaming-individuals-for-obesity-may-be-altogether-wrong
We're going to have a seminar examining the issues raised by these two works on Monday 15th February.
When watching the film and/or reading the article, ask your self the following:
- What main message is(are) the author(s) trying to put across?
- Identify particularly interesting points made by the author(s) that you'd like to talk about.
- What issues raised by the author(s) deserve further research?
When we have the seminar on Monday, we'll divide into 2 groups - one group will focus on the film and the other will focus on the article.
Each person will be invited to say something about the film (see the 3 questions above) and then the discussion will be opened up to all members of the class.
To make it a good seminar, you need to have really thought about the article/film and read a bit around it.
Monday 1 February 2016
No diet, no detox... by Bee Wilson
Text: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3tnmkaB4Navd0NZa0pnaDRkU3M/view?usp=sharing
Podcast: http://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2016/jan/22/no-diet-no-detox-how-to-relearn-the-art-of-eating-podcast
Original article: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/05/diet-detox-art-healthy-eating
Questions:
"Traditional cuisines across the world were founded on a strong sense of balance, with norms about which foods go together, and how much one should eat at different times of day."
To see if this is true, describe one or more "traditional meals" in terms of ingredients and nutrition.
"It has become common in the past couple of decades for many toddlers to eat no fruit and vegetables at all..."
What things need to change about the way we introduce children to food and what we feed them?
"Once we accept that eating is a learned behaviour, we see that the challenge is not to grasp information but to learn new habits."
At a national or European level, are there structural changes* that we should make to improve our dietary habits?
* e.g. regulation, taxes, new laws etc.
More on food by Bee Wilson...
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