Resources for you to download:
- Discussion pack - View the instructions as a pdf file...
sciencehorizons is a national series of conversations about new technologies, the future and society. It has been set up by the UK government and will run during 2007.
Developments in mobile technology, the internet and healthcare have changed our lives over the last few decades. New applications of science and technology will continue to shape our futures. The government has invited scientists, engineers and other experts to say which areas of science and technology they think will have the biggest impacts in the future. But experts don’t have all the answers. They can’t predict which particular developments will emerge and they can’t say how developments will be used by individuals and society. sciencehorizons is your chance to tell us what you think, and what sort of future you want.
What is this pack for?
The sciencehorizons pack will help you start a group conversation and give us your views. It contains stories about what life might be like in 2025. These are not predictions, they are just possible futures, based on currently emerging science and technology.
What will happen to the results?
The results of the sciencehorizons programme will be presented to the government in Autumn 2007. Your views will help the government understand how people feel about the way developments in science and technology could be used in the future. This will help them make decisions about how to research, regulate and communicate science and technology.
- Decide who will write down the group’s views on the response form and make sure they are entered online or posted to us.
- Read one of the stories in your chosen theme.
- Mind and Body
- Home and Community
- Work and Leisure
- People and Planet
- You can get people to read out the story sheets or pass them round, or you can use the CD-ROM to view all of the information together.
- Discuss the questions about the story on the response form and write down the group’s views.
- Read another story, discuss the questions and record the views on the response form. Repeat until you have discussed all four stories in the theme.
- Discuss whether there is anything you would like to say about the stories in the theme, or the pack more generally, and record your points on the response form.
- Fill in the group details and give us your contact details if you would like to keep in touch.
- Discussion pack - View the Mind and Body Theme as a pdf file...
- Discussion pack - View the Home and Community Theme as a pdf file...
- Discussion pack - View the Work and Leisure Theme as a pdf file...
- Discussion pack - View the People and Planet Theme as a pdf file...
- Discussion pack - View the Questions as a pdf file...
1. What do you like about the technology in the story, and why? Please list all the things people in the group like.
2. What do you dislike about the technology in the story, and why? Please list all the things people in the group dislike.
3. Of the things you either like or dislike, which is the most important? Try to agree as a group- if you cannot agree, please explain why.
Please discuss the general question:
13. What else would you like to say about the stories in this theme, or about the pack in general?
Requests for sciencehorizons packs are coming in now (over 600 sent out so far), discussions are starting to take place (look at the calendar page for the larger ones), and we are pleased to say thanks to Ilkley U3A for being our first group to enter the results of their discussion online.
There are various ways you can get involved.
sciencehorizons is funded by the DTI’s Sciencewise programme and run by a consortium of Dialogue by Design, Demos, the Graphic Science Unit, BBC Worldwide Interactive Learning and Shared Practice.
Quick Links
- What is sciencehorizons? - sciencehorizons is a national series of conversations about new technologies, the future and society...
- Launch event video -what a sciencehorizons discussion can look like..
- How to get involved - sciencehorizons events will be taking place all over the UK from January to June 2007...
- What will happen to the results? - The results of the sciencehorizons programme will be presented to the government...
Resources for you to download:
- Broadening our horizons - an (more academic!) article putting the project in context.
- Podcast Kathy Sykes talking about public enagagement with science
Examples:
Date: Thursday, 8 March 2007
Time: 11.00
Venue: Science Oxford, Science Oxford, 1-5 London Place, Oxford, OX4 1BD
Suitable for: Years 12 and 13 students
Event name: sciencehorizons... shaping our future
Event description: Years 12 & 13 students are invited to take part in a discussion with scientists about what they want for the future and how they feel about the promise of new technologies.
Booking details: Booking essential. Call 01865 728953 or e-mail events@oxtrust.org.uk.
Date: Saturday, 10 March 2007 
Time: 11.00am and 1.30pm
Venue: Science Oxford, Science Oxford, 1-5 London Place, Oxford, OX4 1BD
Suitable for: General public
Event name: sciencehorizons... shaping our future
Event description: Come and join scientists and other members of the community to explore what excites and concerns you about these possible futures.
Booking details: The event is free. Booking essential. Call 01865 728953 or e-mail events@oxtrust.org.uk.
Date: Thursday 22nd March 2007
Time: 18.00 - 20.30
Venue: The Institute of Biology, 9 Red Lion Court, London EC4A 3EF
Suitable for: Anyone aged over 18+
Event name: London Branch sciencehorizons Discussion Group
Event description: You are invited to the London Branch Science Horizons discussion group. This is your chance to express your hopes and concerns about possible future technological developments to the government. You will be presented with a series of short stories showing possible future scenarios on the themes of Mind and Body, Home and Community, Work and Leisure, and People and the Planet. We will explore the stories and record our views (anonymously) to questions about our reactions to them.
Booking details: Free but booking is essential. Email londonbranch@dicentra.plus.com
Interactive scenes
Source: http://www.sciencehorizons.org.uk/interactive.asp#
There are 4 themes:
Click on a theme to view the interactive scenes for that theme.
When you are in a scene use your mouse to 'roll-over' the scene and click on a character to read their story.Each scene contains the stories of two characters and there are two scenes in each theme.
When you have finished one theme don’t forget to discuss the questions and enter the results, and remember to exit the scene and come back to this page to look at the next theme.
reposted from: http://www.sciencehorizons.org.uk
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