Published: BBC, 20 February 2019, http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190220-how-can-a-distracted-generation-learn-anything
Level of Difficulty: **
NOW WATCH AND TAKE NOTES
QUESTIONS
1.
Which of the following songs
would you have students listen to before reading the introduction? Feel free to
check out the lyrics as well.
2.
The substantial changes
taking place in children’ brain development and ability to focus can be
directly linked to…
3.
What surprising fact does Laura
Schad draw attention?
4.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAFB2sL01ho Is the advice depicted in this video mirrored in the
text or not? How do you know?
5.
Students’ ability to process
information is directly linked to the ability to…
6.
Where in the first three
paragraphs of the section beginning “The classroom of the future would you
place the following:
·
Teachers have started
addressing the problem of concentration
·
Some teachers also feel that
they should join them if they cannot beat them. As a result,
7.
In what way is drawing
parallels between concentration camps and ghettos for example, an effective way
of teaching?
8.
Check out the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aZ523-HHBg . Why would such an application help promote focus?
9.
What general purpose does the
Philadelphia school have in mind when using Lexia? To … (tweak the text) What
bonus does using Lexia provide?
10.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiqrAKWGJ7A . Taking notes in long hand is better for the student
because …………and for the classroom atmosphere because students who take notes in
longhand…..(Use the video for the second blank)
11.
We understand from Davis that
many experts feel the role of technology in the classroom is revolutionary/
complementary / exemplary /insufficient.
12.
We understand from Date’s
warning that the underlying problems in education are/ are not being
tackled while pushing for more technology in the classroom.
13.
Which sentence in the section
titled “Learn to think” best expresses the take home point of the text?
14. What misconception concerning Zuckerberg and the Gates
and the Sandberg does the writer draw attention to? Tweak the text.
WRITING TASK
Use all you have learnt to write an essay concerning the
extent to which technology should be used in the classroom.
HOW CAN A DISTRACTED
GENERATION LEARN ANYTHING? KEY AND TEACHERS’S NOTES
This wonderful text tackles a
very topical issue in education and as such should lead to some fruitful
discussion. The text presents a balanced argument and the conclusion reached is
that a blended approach is best. The main arguments can be easily highlighted
as students work on the text and then used for the writing task.
1.
Bob Dylan: The Times They Are
a Changing
3.
The average teen has the
attention span of about 28 seconds
4.
No, Transposing the text to a
device doesn’t help
5.
Pay attention
6.
Right at the beginning, at
the beginning of the third paragraph
7.
They infuse relevant
information into mandated curriculum
8.
It helps teachers engage
students in their native media
9.
Help struggling students / It
helps bridge the gap between students impacted to varying degrees by
technology.
10. Taking notes in longhand helped students retain
information better/ Are involved in the class
11. Complementary
12. Are not
13. While technology undermines some aspects of education,
it has also empowered students in unforeseen ways
14. They were successful because they could code
