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= __//What will 2030 look like?//__ = = =


=**In the Year 2030, this year's Year 8 students will be in their early 30s. Arguably the prime of their lives. But, the exponential world we live in means that we have no idea what the world will look like in 10 years time, let alone 20. So, what will their world look like in 20 years time?** = =  = =  Consider some of the great predictions of the past ... = =1. "The telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication." (Western Union, 1876).=

=2. "Everything that can be invented has been" (US patent Office 1899)=

=3. "There may be world wide demand for maybe 5 computers." (IBM Chairman, 1943)=

=4. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home" (DEC Chairman, 1977)=

= //__Some Big Questions?__// = = = =What will technology enable us to do in 20 years' time?=

= = = What will the future look like? = = What are the big questions and issues that we need to address as a result? = = What will the term "community" mean in 20 years? = = What about "family"? = = What about "business"? = = What developments in medicine will impact on these ideas? = =([|Health Predictions - this is an interesting animation.]) (also note that these simulations are likely using Hans Rosling's TED software - see his 2006 and 2007 TED talks)=

= What developments in miniaturisation/nano technology will affect our view of the world? = = How will we communicate with those we want to communicate with? = = What travel restrictions/limitations will exist in 20 years? = = What will the notion of citizenship/country/nationhood mean? = = What about "genetic engineering"? = = What type of "food" will we be eating? = = What will we look like? =

=These are just a few questions that come to mind when we pose the situation of what will life be like in the year 2030? There will be countless others that will come up.= = = =Your task, as a class, is to develop your view of what life will be like in 2030.= = = =You must then present your findings by means of a 30 - 45 minute "conference" where you will communicate your views to a wide audience - in fact, the widest audience possible. Anyone with a web connection.= = = =You will develop all of the information for your communication through any means that you have at your disposal, and you will create a range of resources to promote your position. Your overall product will be a shared web site (called a wiki), and you will include with it video that you have created (or at least remixed), images that you have created (sketches, paintings, photos, ...), audio that you have recorded (podcasts, sound files), and text - all of which you have put in your own words.=