Just a few short weeks after opening the doors to the Canadian International School’s (CIS) new state-of-the-art Lakeside campus, high school students hosted 93.8 FM’s live Campus Radio show. The topic of the day was: Will technology evolve to govern the world absolutely and have our lives already come to be ruled by technology?
An enthusiastic high school audience watched and listened to the show live in the David Foster 500 seat theatre, while Mr. Little’s Grade 10 MYP Technology class, demonstrated the modern art of multi-tasking by listening to the live stream of the show over the Internet in the their classroom, while continuing with their studies.
The panel discussion included students Meg Cavanagh and Gabriella Reeb, teacher Rick Butler, and a panel of experts including the Regional Director of Internet Policy of Microsoft, John Galagan and TRPC Chairman, Dr. Peter Lovelock. Others making significant contributions through their insightful comments included Tanya Phillips, Shayna Haley, Grael Miller, Elene Tsvetkova, Jennifer Li and Ken Montgomery.
Discussion topics included the perceived threat that technology poses, the need to broaden our use/understanding of technology beyond using the Internet for social net-working, and ensuring that we maintain a balance between technological and human interaction.
Ultimately, the panel surmised that technology does have the ability to de-humanise human interaction and that users of technology need to make a conscious choice to use technology in a humanising way that adds more value to our lives, our relationships and our way of doing things.
/ Scott Little
MYP Technology Teacher
MYP Technology Teacher
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