HSB 4 U TECHNOLOGYS INFLUENCE ON WORK SCHEDULE

HSB 4 U 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 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-stockphotography/143911346? Language=en=GB

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

h. Read this and Hack! (2 April, 2013) Have we all become virtual slaves? Retrieved from http: //bizgovsoc 6. 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-cloudtechnology-affecting-your-work-life-balance/shutterstock_97016054/

Christian School Journal. (n. d. ) Retrieved from http: //christianschooljournal. com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Slave-smartphone-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-stockphotography/143911346? Language=en-GB

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).