The document discusses an assignment where students are asked to envision a future technology or advancement and create a "Postcard from the Future" depicting their prediction. Students are encouraged to design an original, colorful image that predicts a "not so distant" future technology as if it were a postcard. The document provides examples of past student submissions and links to online samples to inspire their predictions.

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2. Futurist
What is a futurist?What is a futurist?
A futurist makes
educated predictions
about society’s future.

3. Success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VLb5XdxRm8

4. Failure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErpNpR3XYUw

5. Future Postcard
• Working as a futurist, predict
a future invention,
technological advancement,
or future lifestyle
• Document it in a
Postcard from the Future

6. Future Postcard
• Your challenge is to
create a high-quality,
color image that predicts
a technology from the
“not so distant” future

7. Future Postcard
• Your “postcard”
can be an original hand
drawn or computer-
generated image or
highly modified image

8. Postcard
from the
Future
Sample

9. Postcard
from the
Future
Sample

10. Postcard
from the
Future
Sample

12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEx5lmbCKtY

13. Postcard
from the
Future
Sample

14. Online Examples
• http://blogs.l-
spioneers.org/adam_zurn/postcard-
from-the-future-student-samples/

15. What will yourWhat will your
prediction be?prediction be?