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Technology is used constantly throughout our lives and in the lives of billions of people around the world but is it necessary? Explore this blog and consider the issue.
 * Technology: Necessity or Luxury? **

=** Explaining the challenge ** = Complete the ‘explaining the challenge’ form. You need to explain why making a magazine about technology is a useful product and who are the stakeholders.

=** Design Statement ** = Write a short paragraph to summarise:
 * 1) what product you will create
 * 2) who it is aimed at
 * 3) how it will solve the problem or opportunity
 * 4) other information given in the task (deadlines, required programs etc.)

For example a good Design Statement might look like this:

// Teenagers are avid end users of technology in their school, home and social lifes. // // I will design and make a magazine that is about the positive and negative effects of technology for teenagers. It will be easy for teenagers //// to read, informative and will hopefully engage them into thinking about the effects of technology use around the world and therefore be more appreciative of the tools they have. //

=** Research ** = We will begin our research by thinking of our questions. // What do we need to know before we begin to make our magazine? What do we need to find out? What sources of information can we find? //

Add your questions to this padlet.

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Once you have the classes' questions you can use them to help you organise your research. Add these to your research plan in the order you want to research them and then begin your research.


 * M2-3 Research Plan **
 * What do I need to know? || Who or what can help me with this? || Primary / secondary source? || Order of importance || Actual reference (APA) || Summary of findings || How you will use this information / how it will help you ||

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= = = =** Magazine Research ** = Explore a set of magazines. Add your findings to this padlet. Use this to help you summarise your research.

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** Sources ** As you complete your research, make sure you record your sources correctly, see the document below for help.



=** Assessment Criteria ** = Here are the assessment criteria for this unit, if you download the file you will be able to tick off each example to see if you have done it.