Reflection: Futures approach to Design Technologies

A more in depth explanation of a futures approach was introduced to us this week and after watching the video by Leyla Acaroglu last week (which was quite overwhelming), I found myself relax a little more his week after reading some materials and watching the videos on moodle.

I found Wendy Fasso's points on Moddle to be quite helpful in seeing the breakdown of how we can take a futures approach:

From the breakdown shown above, it helped me realise the repercussions on society that could happen if we do not take a futures approach. We need to think about the effect the product will have on all the stakeholders involved as well as the immediate self and community.

When teaching my students, I would try to give them lots of everyday examples like Leyla gave in her TED talk. Leyla used a lot of detail in her explanation so to explain that to younger children, I would try to use lots of visuals to explain it to them (this is what I found helpful myself).

Sustainability is such a big factor in today's society so I would make it my mission to make sure every student was aware of that and help them to brainstorm ideas of how we could create something that will still be environmentally sustainable in the future.