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16 Feb What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Posted at 19:19h in A2 - Pre-intermediate, Business, CNBC International, Complete Lesson Plan, North America, Politics, Technology

This lesson on the "Fourth Industrial Revolution" has a lot of potential for tangents and critical thinking, therefore, it should work particularly well for some interesting conversation and debate. It talks about how technology (A.I., Internet of Things, 3D printing etc) is going to have...

16 Feb What can astronauts teach us about risk

Posted at 19:05h in A2 - Pre-intermediate, Big Think, Business, Complete Lesson Plan, Management, North America, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology

This video sees Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield talk about the astronaut's logic of risk-taking. The magic is in the build-up to the video and getting the students to think a little deeper....