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=Welcome to Your Taste of Computing!=

What we'll do today

 * Explore life & technology in the 21st century
 * Build some wikis, blogs, mobile apps and videocasts

Theme: Signs That You Live in the 21st Century
[|Signs that you live in the 21st Century]

What are signs for you that you live in the 21st Century? What do you like about living here & now? How is is different from 10, 20, 50 or 100 years ago?

In groups of 3-4 explore these topics through blogs, wikis, videocasts, creating mobile apps.

Ideas:
(you get the idea)
 * 10 Social Media tools we cannot live without
 * In 10 years these will be the Top 3 social media sites, and these 3 will no longer exist
 * Write a blog or record an interview as if you were a famous historical figure living in Auckland now
 * Blog the 5 best [|Slideshare] presentations you can find about 21st Century living & technology
 * Write 5 reviews of must-have 21st century gadgets on your wiki or blog
 * Collect Top 10 lists: Top 10 Podcasts, Top 10 Books, about 21st Century living or technology
 * Create a wiki on: Why newspapers are no longer relevant...
 * 10 Sports That Signify 21st Century (Roller derby, Xtreme sports...?). Blog it or collect in wiki. Interview each other in videocast...
 * 5 21st Century Images and their 20th Century, 19th Century, Medieval counterparts (Find them on [|Flickr])
 * Pro's & cons of the community generated encyclopedia, Wikipedia. How reliable is it?
 * Create a downloadable survey that would test people's attitudes to e-books or other e-media...
 * Create a wiki about digital citizenship issues, like this example

So now what?

 * 1) Get into groups of 3-4
 * 2) 1.10-1.50: choose a topic, choose a medium (blog, wiki or mobile quiz), choose an approach, and build it!
 * 3) 1.50-2.30: choose a topic (can be the same) and use the Flip videos to create a flipumentary, interview, short film, or other video format in your groups. (Tip: get creative, you can film drawings, screenshots, etc)stop-motion