STUDENT TEACHER: Myrnilyn Pollosco

CRITIC TEACHER: Mrs. Marites Unabia

MODULE 3: LESSON 2- MAKING A DIFFERENCE

DECEMBER 7-10, 2015

OBJECTIVES:
 analyze literature as a means of connecting to the world
 reflect on the message conveyed in the material viewed
 reflect on how to manage the use of ICT gadgets without deviating from human
interaction

DAY 1:
Task 5: Figuring It Out
Match the italicized words in Column A with their meanings in Column B. Write the
number of your answer in the magic square

A B

C D

E F

A B

1. Evidently, the untethered electronic a. hindrance

voice is preferable to human contact.

2. The driver shushed us because he b. one who opposes technological

could not hear the person on the other change
end of his cell phone

3. Every advance in communications c. unlimited resources or endurance

technology is a setback to the intimacy
of human interaction
d. ordered to be silent
4. I am no Luddite. I own a cellphone,
an ATM card, and an email account.
e. shrink in fear
5. The communications revolution
makes us stop talking to one another.
This makes me cringe. f. limit

6. I’ve put myself on technology

restriction: no instant messaging to g. to wish or long for
people near me.
Task 6: Stimulating Responsibilities

a. Work in four groups and read the selection that follows.

b. Formulate questions and try to answer each.
c. For each question and answer given, the group gains a smiley that is to be entered in
the score board.
d. The group with the most entries or has the highest score is the winner.

Score board for the group activity

Group Scores Questions Answers Total Score

(Scores) (Scores)
1
2
3
4

DAY 2:

For Conversation, Press # 1

by Michael Alvear

A funny thing happened in the way to communications revolution: we stopped

talking to one another.
I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang,
interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny
day and—poof! ---I became invisible, absent from the conversation because of a gadget
designed to make communication easier.
The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing
other people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to
pet their puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human
contact.
The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting
next to you feel absent.
Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel?
Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human
interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now
communicate without seeing or talking to one another. In making deposit at the bank,
you can just insert your card into the ATM. With voice mail, you can conduct entire
conversations without ever reaching anyone.
If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the
alienation index goes up.
 I am no Luddite. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail system, and an e-
mail account. Giving them up isn’t an option---they’re great for what they’re intended to
do. It’s their unintended consequences that make me cringe.
So I’ve put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people
who live near me, no cell-phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail
pick up when I’m home.

Readers Digest, pp. 143-145, July 2000

Questions:

1. Who is the speaker in the selection?

2. Why did the speaker feel that his friend’s conversation got interrupted?
3. Why did the speaker feel that he is invisible and absent from his conversation with his
friend?
4. What are the examples of technology mentioned by the author in the selection? What
are its uses?
5. What do you mean by the phrase “the telephone used to connect you to the absent.
Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent.”?
6. What are the consequences brought by communications technology?
7. What is the author’s view towards communications technology?
8. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
9. Do you think using technology is beneficial for people in terms of communication?
Why or why not?
10. If you were in the author’s situation, how will you get back you friend’s attention?
11. As a student, how will you make use of technology?
12. Do you think people should still use this kind of technology? Why?

DAY 3-4:

Task 8: Enriching Your Experience

1. Go back to the text For Conversation, Press # 1. Aside from the communications
technology cited by the author, what other technological advances in communication
deviate from human interaction? Reflect on the author’s concern and how you use your
ICT gadgets without neglecting human interaction. Write your reflections in your
notebook.

2. Form five groups to work on the activities below.

Group 1 - Actors
In a role play, show the proper etiquette when using a cell phone and telephone.
(How should we deal with a phone call or text message when we are talking with
someone?)
Group 2 - Dancers
Through a dance, interpret a song that discusses the author’s desire to have human
contact rather than the use of technology in communication.

Group 3 - Mathematicians
Make a computation of how much your weekly expenses allotted for load and phone
bills amount to. Think of how you can still use the technology but lessen the expenses.

Group 4 - Researchers
List the advantages and disadvantages of communications technology. Use the chart
below.

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Unit Advantages Disadvantages

Telephone

Cell phone

Fax Machine

E-Mail

Voice Mail

Group 5 - Singers
Compose a jingle about communications technology highlighting its importance but not
losing interaction with others, and then sing it.