Kids & Technology

Discussion Starters

High Int

Teens & Adults

Grades 9–12

Students read about kids and technology. They discuss how life has changed for the iGeneration, and what impact this will have on the human race. Chat abbreviations are shared.

This lesson includes a task about cyberspeak that mentions sex and alcohol. There is also a critical thinking task about an Ohio teen who murdered his mother when she took his technology away. Teacher discretion is advised.

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Focus

topic-based

4-skills

technology

children

parenting

chat abbreviations

expressing opinions

critical thinking

interpretive

productive

interactive

Vocabulary

tablet

keep company

Generation Y

caution

obesity

peer

a happy medium

supervision

app

at one’s fingertips