Technology Today

Driving Question: How does technology affect the choices we make?

Lesson Objective: Students will be able to examine how access to
information and technology has shaped people and events by looking at
the way social media has influenced decisions in the modern world.

“Engage”
“Entry Event” Activity
The Social Dilemma | Official Trailer | Netflix
Reflect on your experience with social media. Do you spend a lot of
time on it? Do you like using it? Are there any concerns? Please
post to Padlet.

“Explore”
Learn
1. Make a copy of this Google Doc RSGW graphic
organizer and complete it to keep track of your thinking
2. Please watch the following video:
https://youtu.be/q3XLnHHPVI8. Consider how this adds
to your knowledge about “screen time.” Who is she
talking to and about?
3. Choose one of the following articles: MSU Research;
Brazil Misinformation; Twitter & Facebook Capitol Hill;
Overview of Social Media and Movements. Consider
how this adds to your knowledge about “screen time.”
What is the article’s main point?

“Explain” to Others
Instructions:Insert tool for students to collaborate on
ideas from the previous section.
Make sure to provide directions
Present and Share
With the information collected from the previous articles, update the slide
with at least two pieces of information that you learned from the text.

Elaborate
Instructions:Insert opportunity for students to apply
what they learned in new situations, new perspectives
or “what if” scenarios.
Make sure to provide directions
Create a separate google doc. Find a scholarly article about
the political, social, or developmental effects of new technology.
Write a paragraph on what consequences may result from such
a technology. Write another paragraph discussing possible
solutions.

“Evaluate” What You Know

Instructions:Provide opportunity for students to
reflect on and provide evidence of their new
knowledge.
Provide directions and/or link for collecting this
reflection
Pair up with 2-3 other partners and discuss the article that you
found. Determine which of the articles you want to share with
the class. Each group will record a 5 minute podcast on
Vocaroo discussing the article and the broader context of the
effect of technology on politics, society, or child development.
Post the Vocaroo on Padlet.

Extend the Learning

Instructions:Insert enrichment opportunities to extend
learning, possible connections to the next lesson or
student determined next steps
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/12/why-
propaganda-is-more-dangerous-digital-age/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3116454?
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https://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1939-1941/hitler-
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