Impact of Technology on Youth Learning
Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein discussed the impact that technology has on knowledge among millennials and youth. He was interviewed by the Federalist’s culture editor Emily Jashinsky.
Description
Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein discussed the impact that technology has on knowledge among millennials and youth. He was interviewed by the Federalist’s culture editor Emily Jashinsky.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What "relatively new" technologies does Emily Jashinsky describe?
- According to Mark Bauerlein, how are technologies of the last twenty years "fundamentally different" from older technologies?
- What does Bauerlein say about both the "exercise of imagination" and "looking things up on Google?"
- Based on the clip, what impact has the world wide web had on youth learning today?
Additional Resources
- Video Clip: Student Knowledge of U.S. History
- Video Clip: Improving News Literacy Skills in Students
- Bell Ringer: Disinformation and Misinformation on the Internet
- Bell Ringer: Social Media and Democracy
- Bell Ringer: Social Media as a News Source
- Lesson Plan: Why does misinformation spread?
- Lesson Plan: Social Media's Role in Democracy
Participants
Vocabulary
- Bible
- Dictionary
- Gettysburg Address
- Hyperdoc
- Narcissist
- Novel
- President
- Vinyl
- Wilhelm Wagner