Social media impact project

One member of our class has decided to take a look at the costs and benefits of being connected 24/7 to one another via smartphones and social media.

I'm posting some links here and will update it as we find new material...






Epipheo. (2013, May 6). What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKaWJ72x1rI

Laird, S. (2012, Sep 6). Are You Addicted to Your Smartphone? [Infographic]. Retrieved from http://mashable.com/2012/09/05/addicted-smartphone/

MySecureCyberspace. (2012, June 12). Think Time: Teens and Social Networks [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TWHsiMYSxw

Pflugfelder, E. (2013 Sep 20). Does your Smartphone Make you Smarter? [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2mQOus0i7A

The Monthly Video. (2013, May 2). How the internet is rewiring our brains (p1). Nicholas Carr with Gideon Haigh [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dY6V9lcnzg

The Monthly Video. (2013, May 2). How the internet is rewiring our brains (p2). Nicholas Carr with Gideon Haigh [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KTOLYkmzI

Turkle, S. (2012, February). Connected, but alone? [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together

English week 46

First of all, a grammar exercise:
Let's conjugate a verb today - positive & negative

I have to apologise - we forgot to cover "past perfect" (I had....) but we'll do that next time.

This week we're looking at the positive and negative aspects of being online from a teenager's perspective.

Do you know where your children go online? is a Guardian article based on the testimonies of several young people of different ages talking about what they do online.

In class, each student takes one young person's testimony, reads it and then answers the following questions:

a) Identify:

1) Things that person sees as positive about having access to the Internet.

2) Problems that person (or people they know) have encountered because of having access to the Internet.

3) What things that person does to keep themselves safe online.

b) Add your own reflection on what that person wrote – for example, if you agree, have a similar experience or would like to give advice.