Judging new technology
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the seven areas in your notebook and one question for each, from memory. Check with the lesson.
accessible, credible, desirable, findable, usable, useful, valuable, with the questions of the lesson.
2
Invent a helper for a person with low vision. Name it, draw it and say how it works in two sentences. Do not use any real brand.
Answers differ. Check that the idea is invented and clear.
3
Ask a grown-up: what new technology has made their life easier? Judge it with two of the seven questions.
Answers differ. The child names a technology and answers two questions with reasons.
4
Why can an advert not tell us the truth about a product? Write two sentences.
Answers differ. An advert wants us to buy; we need facts and the seven questions.
5
A person cannot hear a phone call. Draw a cutting-edge idea and write which of the seven areas you are most proud of.
Answers differ. The child names one area with a reason.