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Start-Up Activity
Draw a large Venn diagram on the whiteboard. Above the left circle, write "Communication Before Computers." Above the right circle, write "Communication After Computers."
Ask your students how people communicated before the digital age. In the left side of the diagram, write old forms of communication that are rarely used anymore (such as smoke signals, or the Pony Express). In the middle space, write old forms of communication that people still use (such as writing letters or calling on the phone). Ask students what new ways people communicate using computers. Write those In the right side of the diagram.
Discuss how communication is changing, and how the changes affect our lives.
Think About It
“The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.”
—Bill Gates
Start-Up Activity
Draw a large Venn diagram on the whiteboard. Above the left circle, write "Communication Before Computers." Above the right circle, write "Communication After Computers."
Ask your students how people communicated before the digital age. In the left side of the diagram, write old forms of communication that are rarely used anymore (such as smoke signals, or the Pony Express). In the middle space, write old forms of communication that people still use (such as writing letters or calling on the phone). Ask students what new ways people communicate using computers. Write those In the right side of the diagram.
Discuss how communication is changing, and how the changes affect our lives.
Think About It
“The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.”
—Bill Gates