Kids & Technology

Discussion Starters

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
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane