Monday 20 May 2019

Then and Now - telephone-

In this inquiry, we will explore past and present through our unity of inquiry titled "Then and Now".

We started by looking at modes of communication and how they have changed over time, particularly, cellphones.

We added a rotary telephone to the drama area and the children happily made phone calls to one other as they practiced turning the wheel.

Our group made two types of telephones.

We made rotary phone and a "cell" phone.





Everyone was very excited with this technology.
It was wonderful to watch them make their phones unique through the images they added to make their phones beautiful.

They talked about what they noticed about their cell phones their parents carried.







 
 
We found all the ways that the phones were different. We talked about weight and size and processes for using these communication tools.
 
 
We also talked about how technology has changed and we are beginning to talk about how technologies makes our lives easier. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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