Section outline
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This unit focuses on the future, with or without digital technologies. The students first receive information from various viewpoints on what a future with digital technologies could look like. The students are then asked to consider questions concerning various future scenarios. The focus here is on the "future workshop" method.
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Start-Up
The unit begins with a video that introduces current digital developments and looks at them from different perspectives. Among other things, the terms robotics, artificial intelligence and digital capitalism are explained. Furthermore, reference is made to questions of social, ecological and economic sustainability.
Duration: 3,25 hrs
Required materials:- Pen and Paper
- Laptop / Smartphone / Tablet
- Booklet: A Future with or without Technology?
At the end of this Unit, the participants are able to:... define current concepts on developments in the IT sector and enter into a discussion about them.
... work with others on future concepts and outline developments.
... define and argue measures for a more sustainable development in the IT sector.
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Write down all key terms and their meanings in the Glossary: Sustainability and Digitality.Video: A future with or without technology?
This video shows the perspectives of various scientists on the question of whether our future will take place with or without digital technologies. The video is aimed primarily at older students and teachers.Video: What can our future look like?
This video gives an overview of what our future could look like. The visual presentation supports the content. The video is aimed primarily at younger students.
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Development
In a future workshop, students are encouraged to sketch possible future developments of one or more trends discussed in the video. The aim is not to draw future scenarios that are as realistic as possible. It is about imagining a version of the future that is as dystopian or utopian as possible, as well as discussing the question of whether such a future will occur or not. What measures need to be taken to enable or prevent such a future. The future workshop can be held both in an online format and in person.
Here you can see an overview of the various steps of the future workshop. Step 1 - Step 6 represent the Development phase, Step 7 the Consolidation and Step 8 the Follow-Up.
You can find the materials for conducting the future workshop HERE. The material is available as a booklet to print out (DinA3) and also as worksheets in DinA4 format. It is also possible to edit and adapt the worksheets individually.
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In Step 2: COLLECT IMPRESSIONS you should collect various impressions. Take another look at Units 1 to 3.
What content surprised you the most? Which arguments do you find particularly important? Make notes in the booklet in Step 2 and try to write down the main arguments.
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Consolidation
Step 7:The groups present their ideas of a future to each other. Are there
commonalities in the measures needed to prevent dystopian futures? Are there
commonalities in the measures needed for a better future in a digitally connected
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Follow-up
At the conclusion, all teams put their resolutions on a shared poster.
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You can also collect your demands for your joint resolution in a digital tool here. We use taskcards for this purpose, for example.
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