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Task 8.7
Good and bad
Make a list of the current benefits and disadvantages of computers and
Computing. Use this list as a linking theme for a series of, or parts of lessons on
Computing and Society.
It is important that you use the advent and the advance of computers and
Computing as a context in which to discuss major social issues.
REFERENCES
Edwards, A. (2012)
New Technology and Education
, London, Bloomsbury.
Frost, A. (2010)
Youth Dependency
, in Bremner, J., Frost, A., Haub, C., Mather, M.,
Rimgheim, K. and Zuehlke, E. Population Bulletin,
Population Reference Bureau,
65(2), 4-5, Available at
www.prb.org/pdf10/65.2highlights.pdf,
Accessed
31/0 3/2014 .
Gartner (2010)
Gartner says more than 1 Billion PCs in use Worldwide by 2014,
Available
at
www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=703807,
Accessed 31/03/2014.
Goldsborough, R. (2002)
The perils of prophesying the future of digital technology
, Community
College Week, Available at
www.thefreelibrary.com/The+perils+of+ prophesying+
the+future+of+digital+technology-a082260640
, Accessed 31/03/2014.
USEFUL WEBSITES AND RESOURCES
Future Studies.
http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2008articles/mar08/303_
OLPC.
http://newint.org/books/reference/world-development/case-studies/2013/
River City.
http://rivercity.activeworlds.com/
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