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=The Digital You: Attention, Multitasking and Addiction=

1. View "Multitasking at M.I.T.". Read the three bulleted items that follow the movie. Read "32 Hours a week". Respond via the discussion board. Have a group member embed the movie "Multitasking at M.I.T." between number 1 and 2 on this page.

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2. Read the statements from "Where do you stand". Respond to via the discussion board.

3. Read through the statements from "Technology in your life". Mentally keep track of your responses to each of the questions. Read "Why We Use Digital Technology in Our Lives". Respond via the discussion board.

4. View the video "Depth of Knowledge" from "Is technology making us stupid". Read the five statements listed below the movie. Respond via the discussion board. Have a group member embed the video between numbers 4 and 5.

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5. Read "Continuous partial attention". Respond to the discussion board.

6. Watch "The Most Wired Place on Earth". Respond to the discussion board. Embed the video in the space provided between numbers 6 and 7.

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7. Read through "A Day in the Life". Respond to the discussion board.

8. Read through the "Self Assessment". Respond to the discussion board.

=More Reading =


 * 1) Each group member needs to individually read / analyze / scan the available resources in the "More Reading" tab of your assigned site.
 * 2) As a group you need to collaborate to create a summary of the contents of each resource in the space provided below.

= Resource Summaries =

__Activities for Students: Life Online (Bailey Pinch)__ This article is definitely geared towards teens and how they multitask, and how much of our daily life is spent online using social networking sites. I believe this content is very beneficial because the article gives you spaces to write down "notes" (your thoughts/answers to the posed questions). It also goes through WHY teens are so digital. The article says that teens need to set their own individual boundaries for internet use. This article includes note spaces, videos, and other activities.

__Be Web Aware (Brandon Breitkreutz)__ This blog gives you a basic understanding on how to use the internet safely and what to look out for. In general this site talks about what the internet is, websites, e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, blogging, file sharing, and cell phones and how our generation uses them. The information is set up like a paper format and is broken down into sub categories as listed above. The content presented is beneficial to parents who don't know what the internet is or what it can do, especially if they have kids and are not sure what they are doing. Also it shows a easy way to make a safer internet environment for their kids.

__Digital Media Across Asia (Sam Seering)__ The article benefits all people that live there because Korea offers a free internet service to all people that want it. The content that is available is basically the same things we have in America. They have cable, instant messaging and social networking websites just like us. The content is presented the same way as it is in America, through TV and the internet. I think it is beneficial just because it makes it that much easier to connect with people.

__Common Sense Media (Ashley Despres)__ I'm mostly paying attention to High School but it also has all the grades and what are they getting into around there age.The article is telling what the kids are getting into in the media life for that age. They are also developing what they are supposed to be developing. The website is telling us some our common sense problems and some tips on how to fix them. Then, there is a place where you can ask question then people will give you advice. There is a place down on the bottom of the page were you click on the highlighted words and you get advice and tips on how to improve it. This website is mostly about what kids should be learn at there age and tips on how to make there kid not get into a bad technology.