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My Cell Phone My Self?. Essential Question/EEJ Focus. How does our usage of cell phones affect they way we interact with others and with the world around us?. Free-write Respond to the following question on your own sheet of paper for five minutes.
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Essential Question/EEJ Focus • How does our usage of cell phones affect they way we interact with others and with the world around us?
Free-write Respond to the following question on your own sheet of paper for five minutes. How doesmy cell phone impact the way I interact with my friends and family??
In this “eStation” you will explore the relationships we have developed with our cellphones and how that has affected our relationships and interactions with others. To accomplish this you will: • View YouTube video the Ted Talk “We Are All Cyborgs Now” and answer questions • What makes us all Cyborgs according to Amber Case? Do you agree or disagree with Case? Why or why not? • What are Case’s concerns for adolescents? Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not? • According to Case, what is lacking for adolescents today? How can this affect your own development? • What makes technology successful? How is it helping us be more human? • Does your use of technology fit this definition of success? Explain. • Read the article “Our Cell Phones Our Selves” Find 5 examples for your EEJ • Interpret and respond to an Image 2 paragraphs
Cell Phone Activity 1: “We Are All Cyborgs Now” Go to the following YouTube link and watch the Ted Talk “We Are All Cyborgs Now”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1KJAXM3xYA After watching the video answer the questions on the next slide on your own paper
Questions for “We are all Cyborgs Now” • What makes us all Cyborgs according to Amber Case? Do you agree or disagree with Case? Why or why not? • What are Case’s concerns for adolescents? Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not? • According to Case, what is lacking for adolescents today? How can this affect your own development? • What makes technology successful? How is it helping us be more human? • Does your use of technology fit this definition of success? Explain.
Cell Phone Activity 2: Read the first 5 pages of “Our Cell Phones Our Selves. Read up to the section titled “Communication Delinquents” • Find 5 examples for your EEJ
Cell Phone Activity 3:For this activity you will view the image below and write a journal style response. Think back to the essential question for this section: How does our usage of cell phones affect they way we interact with others and with the world around us? Write at least two full paragraphs in response to the image below.
Checklist Don’t forget that your food station should include… • Freewrite • . View YouTube video the Ted Talk “We Are All Cyborgs Now” and answer questions - What makes us all Cyborgs according to Amber Case? Do you agree or disagree with Case? Why or why not? - What are Case’s concerns for adolescents? Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not? - According to Case, what is lacking for adolescents today? How can this affect your own development? • What makes technology successful? How is it helping us be more human? - Does your use of technology fit this definition of success? Explain. 3. Read the article “Our Cell Phones Our Selves” Find 5 examples for your EEJ 4. Interpret and respond to an Image 2 paragraphs