3rd Period - Opperation: Total Media Starvation

 This week we are starting our unit on technology and it's effect on our lives, a topic YOU chose. (Good job guys) Because of AP testing and Law Academy activities going on this week, I'll be posting assignments here for those of you who are missing class.

Operation: Total Media Starvation. Can you unplug?

On Friday we briefly discussed the differences between media and technology. We decided that technology is the means in which media is presented to us. For example: your iPod is technology and your music is media. This weekend I challenged you to give up media for a 24 hour period. No music, no radio, no newspapers, magazines, and no internet access. After some discussion we decided books were okay, and telephone use was fine as long as you didn't text.

So, how did it go?

Your assignment today is to write a 750 word response to my challenge OR draw/write a 10 cell comic strip on the same subject. You should discuss you experiences, was it hard? Easy? Impossible? Did things end up the way you feared/hoped? Did you learn anything new about yourself?

When you are finished, watch the documentary below. The film follows three college students as they try to give up using computers for 3 whole weeks, as they struggle to communicate, get their assignments done, and make it through "digital detox."


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