Unit+3.+How+does+technology+work?

 **MYP2. INVENTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY ** **Instructions: Investigate one of these topics, make a power point presentation and present the result to your class. **

TOPICS: 1. The Internet (Craig) 2. A computer (Cameron) 3. A video camera (Felix) 4. A digital camera (Kate) 5. A w [|ebcam]  (Jonathan) 6. A GPS: Global Positioning System(Nathan) 7. A s [|mart phone]  (Kasper) 8. A p <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|lasma television] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (Krystian) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">9. A <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|Digital Video Recorder] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|TiVo] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (Tara) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10. A <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|3D television] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (Sarah) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">11. An e-book reader (Brandon) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">12. A robot (Duncan)

**<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Power Point Specifications: ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Use at least three different and reliable sources of information **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Very well written bibliography following MLA guidelines (for help use the page: []) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. NO COPY-PASTE text (plagiarism is a serious issue) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. It must contain images and text properly formatted

**<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Oral Presentation specifications: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. 15 minutes per student (including time for questions) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Take care of: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a. Your body language <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b. Your voice (good volume and intonation) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">c. Your timing

<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">HOMEWORK: Finish your presentation and upload it in your wiki space (page: How does technology work?). <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Due: December 9th, 2010 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Agenda for presentations: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Topics 1-4: December 9th, 2010 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Topics 5-8: December 13th, 2010 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. Topics 9-12: December 16th, 2010