Technology and Innovation?
WORLD HISTORY PROJECTAP/ LESSON 5.5 OPENERTECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Technology and Innovation”, OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/1PurposeIn this activity, you’ll spend some time thinking about the AP themes of technology and innovation: how they’re defined and how they relate to one another. As you organize more of your learning around the themes, it can be helpful to revisit and clarify your definitions.ProcessIn this activity, you’re going to dig into what technology and innovation mean and how they’re related. The words technology and innovation are often used interchangeably, and although they’re certainly related to each other, they are conceptually different. Since thiscourse asks you to organize what you learn around the AP themes, it’s important to have a solid grasp on the differences between these two.First, you’ll work with your class to try to come up with as many synonyms as you can for the words technology and innovation.Second, working in small groups you’ll use the lists of synonyms to write two definitions: one for technology and one for innovation.Third, your group will collaborate to draw a visual representation of how the words relate to one another. Your visual could be a causal map, a life-cycle drawing, or any other illustration that expresses the relationship between the two words.Once everyone is done, you’ll do a gallery walk to see how different groups thought about technology and innovation. Be prepared to discuss what you’ve learned with your class. Also, consider how other AP themes relate to technology and innovation. What other themes might be impacted by technology and innovation? Or might impact technology itself?