Final Assignment
Recently we have been learning about the unexpected ways that new forms of digital media have changed our lives. In this project you will be studying one form of digital media and explaining how it has changed us.
1) Select a form of digital media that you will be studying.
2) Write an essay with the following sections:
a) Introduction: Explain what the technology is. (As though your reader did not know)
b) How has the technology benefitted us?
-relationships?
-health?
-quality of life?
-learning?
c) How has the technology hurt us?
-relationships?
-health?
-quality of life?
-learning?
d) Conclusion: Decide whether you think that the technology has caused more good than harm or harm than good. Explain your answer by referring to sections (b) and (c)
Length: 200+ words
Note: you may choose to exchange (b) and (c)
You will need to share a document in Google Docs named "Digital Media - Your Name" to Mr. Stardom. It needs to contain:
1) An outline for your project
2) Your essay
3) Citations for all of the sources that you used (at least 3)
MLA Citation Link
Extra Stuff:
Topics
Video Games
Cell / Smart Technologies
Internet
Social Media
Virtual Reality
Citations
"Digital Nation - Life on the Virtual Frontier". Dir Rachel Dretzin. Frontline. PBS. 2 Feb, 2010. Television.
1) Select a form of digital media that you will be studying.
2) Write an essay with the following sections:
a) Introduction: Explain what the technology is. (As though your reader did not know)
b) How has the technology benefitted us?
-relationships?
-health?
-quality of life?
-learning?
c) How has the technology hurt us?
-relationships?
-health?
-quality of life?
-learning?
d) Conclusion: Decide whether you think that the technology has caused more good than harm or harm than good. Explain your answer by referring to sections (b) and (c)
Length: 200+ words
Note: you may choose to exchange (b) and (c)
You will need to share a document in Google Docs named "Digital Media - Your Name" to Mr. Stardom. It needs to contain:
1) An outline for your project
2) Your essay
3) Citations for all of the sources that you used (at least 3)
MLA Citation Link
Extra Stuff:
Topics
Video Games
Cell / Smart Technologies
Internet
Social Media
Virtual Reality
Citations
"Digital Nation - Life on the Virtual Frontier". Dir Rachel Dretzin. Frontline. PBS. 2 Feb, 2010. Television.