HSB4U

TECHNOLOGY’S INFLUENCE ON WORK

SCHEDULE

• Vote on debate

• Success criteria

• Whole class activity – technology in my life

• Mini lecture

• Answer questions in Blue Book

• Group survey activity

• Debrief

MAIN PURPOSE OF LESSON

• To identify and describe the ways in which technology is impacting your life at work.

• To gain an understanding of how culture is being created/influenced through the use of technology at work.

SUCCESS CRITERIA FOR TODAY’S LESSON

• Outline Marvin Harris’ theory of cultural materialism and explain how it’s related to social change.

• Explain various ways in which technology has created social change and has affected the lives on individuals in their work lives.

ACTIVITY: HOW IS TECHNOLOGY AFFECTING THE WAY WE WORK?

• The following pictures are missing titles.

• As a class, pick words from the list on the board to use as a title for each picture.

• If none fit, you can come up with your own words.

• Remember the theme is the effect of technology on work

• Criteria: Use a democratic process for choosing the words.

Cade, P. (n.d.) Female student building robot. Getty Images. Retrieved from http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/photo/female-student-building-robot-high-res-stock-photography/143911346?Language=en=GB

Sahibul, S. (29 Jan, 2014) Slave to technology. Retreived from http://sahibulsaif.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/is-technology-from-the-jinn/slave-to-technology-2/

hRead this and Hack! (2 April, 2013) Have we all become virtual slaves? Retrieved fromhttp://bizgovsoc6.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/have-we-all-become-virtual-slaves/

Phillips, S. (31 Jan, 2013). Cloud technology. Retireved from http://tweakyourbiz.com/technology/2013/01/31/is-cloud-technology-affecting-your-work-life-balance/shutterstock_97016054/

Christian School Journal. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://christianschooljournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Slave-smartphone-phone-technology-multitasking-productivity.jpg

Cade, P. (n.d.). Female student building robot. Getty Images. Retrieved from: http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/photo/female-student-building-robot-high-res-stock-photography/143911346?

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The Parent Report (5 June, 2012). Technology, work and sick children. Retrieved from http://www.theparentreport.com/2012/06/technology-work-and-sick-children/

BRAINSTORM

• How does technology affect you at work?

• If you don’t currently have a job, think of a job you’ve had in the past, or you’d like to have in the future.

• Debrief to follow.

WAYS IN WHICH TECHNOLOGY IS AFFECTING WORK

• Constant connection (challenge of always being “on”)

• Social media and work

• Home office/work-life balance

• Competition is greater because people are sometimes competing on a global scale.

• Telecommuting - working from home or another off-site location through the use of internet-connected equipment, such as computers and fax machines.

MARVIN HARRIS’ THEORY OF CULTURAL MATERIALISM

• Harris sees human social life as a response to practical problems of existence.

• Idea that: All culture is shaped by the surrounding environment and the resources available within it.

• The theory says that as the resources and environment change, so will our culture.

• Marxist Theory that connects with this new theory:

• Changes in culture are determined by those who hold power.

• New resources and cultural changes will benefit the rich and powerful the most, not necessarily everyone in the culture.

ACTIVITY: SURVEY

• You will be placed in groups of 5.

• Review your technology survey.

• Come up at least 4 new questions of your own.

• They can sound like Ms. Gluskin’s questions, but they need to relate to technology and work.

• You can use the text (Challenge and Change – pp. 248-252) and your own knowledge of technology and work,

• Ms. Gluskin will put these up so you can take the survey.

SUBMITTING YOUR QUESTIONS

• Everyone can type up their questions right now on the computer at the front. If we run out of time, you can email your questions to Ms. Gluskin.

HOMEWORK

• If you haven’t completed your handout on “The Impact of Technology on the Family” please finish it.

• Review your notes for Chapter 4 (Remember that there’s a Quiz Tuesday, Nov 4).