Extension Activity: Creating Artifacts from the Future

Choosing Your Artifact Make a list of all possible objects or details from your scenario that you might illustrate as an artifact from the future. For example, it could be an everyday object from that world, a communication device, a tool for learning, or a place. Imagine now that the items you listed have been brought back from the future. Which option from your list would most intrigue or surprise someone today? That should be the artifact from the future that you illustrate. Review reflection questions from handout #5.

Developing Your Artifact What is your artifact called? What does it do? Who uses it or interacts with it? When and where is it used or located? What benefits does it create for learners or other people in your future world? What drawbacks does it have? How does it interact with other aspects of your future scenario? Review questions on Handout #6. Remind students these questions are not part of their submission but will help them develop their artifact more fully.

Reminders: Your artifact… …illustrates something important about the future world and would surprise or intrigue someone in the present. …should relate to the scenario you wrote. …can be submitted as an optional entry in the KnowledgeWorks’ Imagine FutureEd competition. Reminders about writing the scenario

Reflecting on Your Artifact Describe how the artifact from the future connects with your scenario. What new ideas or insights came up for you as a result of creating your artifact? Review questions on Handout #6. Remind students these questions are not part of their submission but will help them develop their artifact more fully.

Submitting Your Entries

Entry Checklist Are your entries in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .jpg, .png., .gif, .mp4 format or can they be accessed via a link that will be accessible by judges? Are your entries less than 100MB each? Review entry checklist. Also remind students that the work needs to be entirely their own and not have any copyrighted material included in it. If youth are not submitting their own work, use the instructions on page 13 of the facilitator guide to help you submit.

Submitting Your Entries Go to the Submit page on the Imagine FutureEd web site. Select “youth participant” to submit your work. Enter personal information according to the instructions. Include an email address at which you can be reached through June 30, 2017. Follow instructions based on your classification and entry type (upload, form field, or link). Be sure to accept the rules (also available on the Competition Rules page). Entries cannot be judged without acceptance of these terms. If youth are not submitting their own work, follow instructions on page 13 of the facilitator guide.