Something else I didn't have to search for

Here's an idea for a lesson -- an article on Forbes.com on Fifteen Things We Wish Someone Would Invent.

A lesson plan to use with this came to me in my mailbox, in one of DevelopingTeachers.com's weekly Teaching Tips [see current tip; full index of past tips; subscribe].

You could also just get your learners to brainstorm ideas for such things, and perhaps write (blog?) about them...

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