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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Career Writing Prompts: Speech Pathologist

For Students 9th - 10th
This Career Clip features Carrie Kane, Speech Pathologist at Good Shepherd in Allentown, PA. She uses technology in many ways to help those that are having problems with speech. Her best career advice came from a supervisor and that she...
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Blue Fountain Media: The Impact of Covid 19 on the Future of Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
The way we live has changed immeasurably since COVID-19 began spreading rapidly throughout the United States. The importance of technology in our lives has never been more apparent. The virus will have a tremendous long-term impact on...
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Article
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Deloitte Insights: Creating the Government of the Future

For Students 9th - 10th
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated - in some cases, by years - the advance of the future of government. By necessity, government's response to the pandemic resulted in rapid change of the sort generally not seen in the public sector. From...
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Battery of the Future May Be Made of Paper

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the development of a paper battery in Sweden. Includes video.
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Article
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Gartner: Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2020

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the top strategic technology trends that organizations need to explore in 2020. Analysts presented their findings during an IT Symposium. These trends were predicted prior to the societal upheaval caused by the pandemic....
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Article
BBC

Bbc News: Strange Predictions for the Future From 1930

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes some fantastic predictions made in the 1930s for what technology might bring in the future, for example, the creation of a sea in the Sahara Desert and the widespread ownership of personal airplanes. (Published 26 December 2014)
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Other

Fuel Our Future Now: Gr. 6 8 Module: Designing a Vehicle for the Year 2020 [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this 6-8 teaching module, students learn about natural resources, human impact on the environment, and engineering design in vehicle transportation. Using real world scientific data and scientific reasoning skills, they investigate...
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School in the Park

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
School in the Park is a unique program connecting inner city schools and students with academic and cultural experiences through local museums to offer opportunities which might not otherwise be available to them. This particular program...
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Other

The Impact of Information Technology on Work and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
The aim of this report is to provide a brief summary of some of the main technological developments that have taken place in information technology and how these developments have had an influence on the way we work and on society in...
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Primary
Other

Physorg.com: Technology: Engineering: Robo Copters in Marines' Future

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the possibility of using robotic helicopters, summoned by a soldier's digital handheld, to assist in a combat area.
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United Nations

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: Technology and Innovation Report 2021 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 196-page report on technological innovation and change. It discusses the enormous potential benefits of technology as well as the risk of amplifying inequalities between developed and developing countries. The report is...
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Futurism: Does Life in 2018 Live Up to What We Predicted a Century Ago?

For Students 9th - 10th
People in the early 20th century were hopeful about the future that innovation might bring. The technology that came out of World War I, and the growing potential brought by electricity (half of all U.S. homes had electric power by 1925)...
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PBS

Pbs: Planning Your Future Career in Advanced Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
In this media-rich, self-paced lesson, students explore the range of industries that produce and rely on advanced technology and learn how their skills and interests may align with career opportunities in this cutting-edge sector.
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Article
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Paleofuture: The History of the Future: 42 Amazing High Tech Predictions From the 1950s and '60S

For Students 9th - 10th
It's the 21st century, but sometimes it feels like our futuristic dreams are stuck in the 1950s and 60s. And there's actually a good reason for that. The period between 1958 and 1963 might be described as a Golden Age of American...
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Article
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center: The Future of Well Being in a Tech Saturated World

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of how future technologies will affect our well-being.
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Article
Other

Hub Spot: 14 Ways Technology Will Affect the Future of Customer Service

For Students 9th - 10th
The progress of video, real-time messaging, chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI), cryptocurrencies, self-service, and even customer success itself, all present the potential for big changes in the day-to-day workings of customer...