Now that much of people's lives center around their electronic devices, paper is being used less often. However, sometimes you do need paper. Have your class brainstorm  the uses of paper and of electronic devices and compare their ideas. Then, they can watch a very short film on this topic. After the film, pairs discuss questions relating to technology.

Concepts

technology vocabulary

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Additional Tags

Technology, infinitive form, technology vocabulary, short film, english language arts

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Classroom Considerations

• For the questions, you may need to define technophile and technophobe for your pupils
• Note that the short video is an advertisement, and does not use much dialogue to get the idea across

Pros

• The video is short, but gets the message across quite effectively
• Comes with all necessary materials and questions to ask

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a