SOCIAL+MEDIA

TECHNOLOGY MINI DEBATES
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//Language and Literature// SOCIAL MEDIA UNIT – 2 weeks May 6-17, 2013


 * __Social Media Unit Objectives__**
 * 1) 1. Understand the definition and purpose of many different forms of Social Media.
 * 2) 2. Understand vocabulary related to Social Media and Senioritis
 * 3) 3. Understand and evaluate the effects of many different forms of Social Media on the world (Social, Political, Intellectual, Cultural, Educational, Economic, Geographical, Censorship, etc.). Addiction, Digital Divide, Cyber-Bullying
 * 4) 4. Reading Comprehension through articles.
 * 5) 5. Participate in a Harkness Table discussion on social media and a debate

AGENDA: //Anthology submissions – see Philip or class rep.// Monday Paper 1 presentations / TED talk videos Tuesday Watch and analyze TED talk videos Journal Entries (1 per day/ 10 total – //100 word mínimum each//) Wednesday Article Bank Intro. – read / discuss/ journals – 6 articles -Friday
 * Week 1 MAY 6-10**

TED Talks about Social Media: //Oral Comprehension, How Social Media Can Make History, How to Make a Splash in Social Media, When Social Media Became News//

//Anthology submissions – see Philip or class rep.// Monday Journal checks – 5 minimum Tuesday, May 14th – //ALL make-up work/// paper 1 and 2 re-writes due **//– graded over 50% if received check your grades on engrade.com//** Harkness/ Debates Wed. /Thur. Work on Final Presentations – see assignment on the wiki
 * MAY 13-17**

Fri. May 17th – **//end of 2nd Partial//** Final Presentations


 * MAY 20-31** Portfolio Completion and review/ Class Anthology/ QuimesterExam Review

**Social Media Unit Assessment:**

//10 points// CP grade – same as always – //do your work and listen in class// //20 points// Journal Entires – 10 total //20 points// Vocabulary – use at least 10 of the vocab. words in your journal entries //20 points// Debate of Harkness participation //30 points// Final presentation – see assignment on the wiki


 * __Vocabulary__**

procrastination slump contingent rigor recind colloquial Technology Society Internet Social Media Facebook Twitter Youtube Google Plus Instant Messaging Flash Mob Apps Arab Spring British Riots Propaganda Smart Phone Hackers///Anonymous// Internet Addiction Censorship Digital Divide Occupy Wall Street One Laptop Per Child Cyber Bullying Technology Paradox Multitasking/Attention Span Wikileaks LinkedIn GroupOn/Flickr/Stumbleupon/Mashable/etc. Steve Jobs Mark Zuckerberg Bill Gates, Google

10.What is the most interesting issue involving social media for you? Why? What do you think the future holds for this issue?
 * __Journals__**
 * 1) 1. What is social media? How does it affect you? How does it affect the world?
 * 2) 2. Are the Internet and social media addictive? Why are people so obsessed with their technology?
 * 3) 3. What role does social media play in education? What role SHOULD social media play in education? Be specific about positives and negatives. Moodle? Outside of school (education in general)? Facebook?
 * 4) 4. What role does social media play in politics? How does it play that role?
 * 5) 5. Should governments ever be able to limit social media? Why or why not? (Free Speech, censorship, national emergencies, British Riots, Arab Spring, Flash Mobs, Wikileaks)
 * 6) 6. In today’s world, is access to technology/social media a fundamental right that all young people should have? Why or why not? Should governments provide Internet to everyone? How does the “Digital Divide” affect people in the world?
 * 7) 7. What does it mean that social media costs no money? How does that change it, help it, hurt it, and affect it?
 * 8) 8. What is multi-tasking? Do you multi-task? How? When? Do you think that multi-tasking is productive or not? Why? Please give specific examples.
 * 9) 9. What advice would you give a grandparent about social media? What advice would you give a 7th grader about the social media?


 * __Assignment__**
 * 1) 1. In your group, read at least five credible articles about your topic and take notes, including a bibliography of each article with a two-sentence annotation evaluating each source.
 * 2) 2. As a group, plan a 3-minute presentation about your topic that makes gives facts AND makes an argument.
 * 3) 3. Each member of the group must present about at least one aspect of your topic.

1. Steve Jobs vs. Mark Zuckerberg vs. Bill Gates Who is the most powerful man in technology and why? 2. Social Media and Education How much should educators use social media and why? 3. Social Media and Censorship Should social media be censored sometimes? Flash Mobs, Freedom of Speech, Bullying, Oppressive governments 4. Social Media and Politics What role does social media play in politics and how does it affect the world? British Riots, Arab Spring, Campaigns 5. Social Media and the Future What will the role of social media be in the future and why?
 * __TOPICS__**