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- 1. ABERDEEN 2040 Week 1 Paired Tutorial Details PSE 10
- 2. Technology and the individual (Making Connections page 7-11) General Instructions: • You will participate in a 15 minute tutorial with a partner. • Your tutor will give you a specific time for this. • You should look at the questions and prepare detailed answers • You should not ‘read’ these answers from a script. • Use bullet points and expand on them – try to speak as naturally as possible. • You should listen to your partner and respond to him/her. • You should ask questions too. • Your tutor will ask additional questions
- 3. Teamwork and individual Work: based on page 9 – but use your own ideas/examples What are the advantages/disadvantages of working in a team? Give examples of when you worked in a team/individually Which do you prefer? Do individuals or teams make the best contribution to society?
- 4. The Ripple Effect: page 8 What do you understand by ‘the ripple effect’? How does this apply in the development of the internet? (summarise in 2 sentences!)
- 5. Developing new technology: pages 10-11 Technologists use customer feedback to get ideas that help them develop products. What are the pros and cons of these methods of collecting customer feedback? • surveys, comments + direct communication (paragraphs 8-9) • beta testing (paragraph 10) • focus groups (paragraph 11)
- 6. Technology in use Explain how technology has changed the way individuals, organisations and companies now communicate, work, socialise and conduct business.