Topics for first contest
- Work at a distance
- Manufactured food and taste
- Technology and improving K12 education
- Progress toward driverless cars
Work at a distance
- You are to create your project using work at a
distance tools, Skype and collaborative software. You are to shoot a video for the
presentation with only the cameraperson going round to the various
residences.
- Give overview of tools of work at a distance:
collaborative software and various types of communication for
telecommuting and teleconferencing
- From you development of the project and your research
what types of tasks are easy to do at a distance and what types are hard.
- To what extent are firms allowing or even promoting
work at a distance.
- If job can be done at a distance is it being shifted
overseas. What types of jobs
are and what types of jobs arenŐt.
Manufactured taste
- How do food firms manufacture the taste to create
food you crave?
- Is such food good for your health?
- Is it a factor in US obesity?
- As a consumer what should you check before buying
food? Are there apps that
help?
- What is a good strategy for a healthy diet?
Education technology
- Where does US stand in K12 education in relationship
to other countries in the world?
- Are there examples of successful schools in the US
and what accounts for their success?
- Could technology be used to drastically improve
education at a reasonably cost?
Driverless cars
- What is the status of the technology for driverless
cars?
- How does it work?
- Is is safe, most compare
with teenager driving while texting?
- Are states moving to allow driverless cars? When, if ever, are driverless cars
likely to become the norm?