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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. media type="custom" key="5715979" 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. media type="custom" key="5727351" 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. media type="custom" key="5737085" 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 =

This article was about internet awareness, the good and bad of what the internet has to offer; emails, IM, Chat rooms, blogs, file sharing, and cell phones. This source benefits parents of people coming into the up and coming technology. This source also benefits any parent with children that are starting to use the internet or parents who have less knowledge than there children so they can keep up It is a written article in plain English for those of us who are technologically disadvantaged. It is beneficial to many people needing to be more aware of the technological surroundings. The web site is informational about the media, as well as gives you places to go, but that's where it ends. It a very clean site that provide one with the information they need to know about South Korea. Although it is clean and well set up its not very interesting to many people our group. Many of us also don't know what they main idea is about the web site; it looks like a touring site, but the sub title show that is about the websites and other digital medias. All these sites are hypocritical! Bashing online use while that only resource we are using for this project is the internet. Every website is basically the same; the set up, information, and the sides they take. Online or off, give students something they are compassionate about and they will succeed. It is a good web site for parents to look at for the critiquing of movies and T.V. shows. The information is set up in a logical order and the the content is relevant. The shows are critiqued on sex, language, consumerism, violence, and drinking, drugs, and smoking. Its tell everything parents need to know and what families can talk about, and more about the show. It is a good resource for nervous, unaware parents to what their children may be watching.
 * 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.
 * Be Web Aware**
 * Digital Media Across Asia**
 * Activities for Student; Life Online**
 * Common Sense Media**

= Resource Summaries =