Technology Readings

You are going to prepare for a class discussion about technology. The guiding question is:

"Is too much technology a good or bad thing? Why?"

You will use information from the following readings to support your arguments.

1. Opposing Viewpoints

2. Bill Gates

3. Readings on Online shopping, video games, online video and social networking (myspace and facebook)

You may, of course, include your own opinion in the discussion. But, to get full credit for the discussion, you will need to do the following things:

1) Cite specific evidence from the readings above. For example, you might say, "In the article about online shopping, it says that almost half of Americans shopped online in 2008. That means we're already there. Americans have already adopted this as a habit. Online shopping is so much easier for them because you don't have to deal with crowded malls or pay gas prices to drive there."

2) Turn in a discussion preparation T-chart (notes from the readings on the left hand column/commentary on the right) with a few items from all 3 articles.

3) In addition to the opposing viewpoints, online shopping and Bill Gates articles, pick one of the following subjects to focus on: video games, online videos and/or social networking. You are going to try and be an EXPERT on that subject.