Is technology distracting you?

Distraction: noun

1. 1.

   a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else.

   "the company found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight"

Growing up in America today is to be a part of a society that is rapidly and constantly changing. The fact is you are surrounded by technology and information and spend a large portion of your time interacting with it. But what is it doing to your brain?

As we saw from the video in class, our brains are not wired for multi-tasking. Some tasks require more concentration than others and when we switch between many tasks we lose focus. 

Specific Instructions:  For this post think about something you do that requires your full attention. Then think about your habits with technology while trying to concentrate. Do you listen to music while doing homework? Is that bad? Do you respond to texts while doing homework? Then go online and find evidence to support  your response. Please include the link to the site you use in your response. -5 points if you respond with no link. Do not copy other people's posts, ideas or links. You will get a 0 for plagiarizing.

If you missed the video in class please watch the first 8:40 minutes of this documentary:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/

Biggest Challenge facing young women today?

Hi ladies. For our second post, please first read this piece. http://www.eomega.org/article/the-biggest-challenges-facing-girls-and-young-women-today-4-women-leaders-respond

In it four women leaders discuss what challenges they believe young women will face in the future. Which one stands out to you and why and what do you think are the greatest challenges facing you?

Remember the guidelines for writing a post. Please refer to the first blog for a reminder on what makes a good blog post.

Your top 5

We talked in class about what your digital footprint is and how it can hurt us in ways we may not think of. Now I thought it would be good to share web resources that are helpful to you. What are your top five internet sites and what do you use them for.

Here is a sample of what your post should look like:
NY Times.com - up to the minute news
Wikipedia - education
Facebook - social media
Google - search
Reddit - crowd sourced information

Remember -5 points if post is not completed by Monday 10/12 and -5 each day after.