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Wednesday, January 14th

1/14/2015

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Today's Objectives:
  • Evaluate yet another definition of success with the ultimate goal of forming your own definition of success as a way for living a happier/meaningful life.
  • Determine what the influence of technology and social media is on this generation's pursuit of happiness and meaning.

ANNOUNCEMENT:
  • Book Club Honors Meeting Today
  • Remember to makeup Journals and Lit Circle Self-Eval surveys if you miss class!
  • Please turn in the Eudaimonia activity if you were absent on that day last week.


Agenda

1st hour of class
1. Starter:  Journal #5 Success Podcast #2 and 3 Can you Smile your Way + Angela Duckworth's "Grit"
  • GOAL: Summarize two different perspectives on what success means/looks like and consider how they influence your own perception of success.
  • As you listen, write down a line that stands out to you as significant (either you strongly disagree with it or strongly agree with it) from both speakers 
  • After listening: 
    • Summarize both speakers’ definitions
    • To what extent could either speakers’ definitions of success positively affect your own life. How?

2. Lit Circle Meeting #5
  • How is your book answering the essential questions? As a group, answer this question and pick 2-3 quotes from the book to support your claims.

2nd Hour of Class

1. How many people can walk with their smartphones? 2 min. youtube video


2. Journal #6: Reading/Discussion on Generation Y/Millenials and the influence of social media and technology

Driving Question:  How has technology and social media in particular affected the quality of lives and pursuit of happiness for Gen Y?
  • Reading #1: "Frequent Cell Phone Use Linked to Anxiety, Lower Grades and Reduced Happiness in Students, Kent State Research Shows"
  • Reading #2: "The Go-Nowhere Generation"
  • Reading #3: "Is Facebook Making us Lonely?"
  • Reading #4: "How Technology will Greatly Enhance the Life and Work of the Middle Class"  OR find an article yourself that presents a counterargument to Readings #1-3.
  • Optional Extension Reading: "How Not to Be Alone" (a beautiful New York Times article written by author, Jonathan Safran Foer
  • Optional Extension podcast (~16 minutes): "Bored and Brilliant: The Lost Art of Spacing Out"

Written Response:
In approximately 300-500 words, answer this question by using evidence from all four articles:

 How has technology and social media in particular affected the quality of lives and pursuit of happiness for Gen Y?

**You can disagree with any of the articles but you must use direct quotes from their articles to respond to (either in agreement or disagreement)



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