Monday 7 April 2014

2º ESO: Addicted to technology

Hello everyone! This time I want to put my 2º ESO students to a test. We have just finished the unit whose main topic is 'digital technology'. This is a video about how technology can affect our brain and its pros and cons. Watch the video and choose the answers to the questions below.




Questions:

1. What's the main topic?
a. health issues
b. technology addiction & possible health issues
c. the Internet

2. The average young person spends ........ each day exposed to digital technology
a. 7 hours
b. 8 hours
c. 8 hours 30 minutes

3. Technology is altering our brain. Is it........?
a. all bad
b. all good
c. not all bad, not all good

4. What affects your brain? (choose the best answer).
a. everything you do
b. the time you spend on the Internet
c. Reading

5. What's a digital native?
a. someone who was born at a time when technology was widely used
b. someone who started using a computer at age 3
c. someone who started using a computer when they were older

6. What's a digital immigrant?
a. someone who was born at a time when technology was widely used
b. someone who hates technology and tries to avoid computers
c. someone who has come to technology later in life

7. What does the writer suggest to overcome the technology gap between generations?
a. to mix the generations, kids and grandparents help each other
b. There is no solution to overcome it
c. Both kids and grandparents should go to school together

8. Surgeons who play videogames…
a. make more mistakes in the operating room
b. make fewer mistakes in the operating room
c. go nuts

 9. What's not a problem caused by technology addiction?
a. grumpiness
b. loss of human contact
c. worse symptoms of attention-deficit disorder

10. What have pediatricians recommended for children who are under two years old?
a. play as many videogames as possible
b. play videogames for only an hour a day
c. no videogames or television


 Send me the answers by writing a comment in this post. The deadline is Sunday 20th April. Let's give it a try!
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous7 April 2014 at 18:03

    Guillermo Sampedro 2C

    1-b
    2-c
    3-c
    4-a
    5-b
    6-c
    7-b
    8-a
    9-b
    10-c

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  2. Álvaro Andaluz10 April 2014 at 18:36

    Álvaro Andaluz.
    1)b, technology addiction & possible health issues.
    2)c 8 hours 30 minutes.
    3)c not all bad, not all good.
    4)b the time you spend on the internet.
    5)a someone who was born at a time when technology was widely used.
    6)c someone whohas come to technology later in life.
    7)a to mix generations,kids and grandparents help each other.
    8)b make fewer mistakes in the operating room.
    9)b loss of human contact.
    10)c no videogames or television.


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  3. Lucas-2D10 April 2014 at 20:13

    1-b -technology addiction and possible health
    2-c -8 hours 30 minutes
    3-c -not all bad, not all good
    4-c -reading
    5-b -someone who started using a computer at age 3
    6-a -someone who was born at a time when technology was widely used
    7-a -to mix the generations, kids and grandparents help each other
    8-b -make fewer mistakes in the operating room
    9-c -worse symptoms of attention-deficit disorder
    10 -c-no videogames or television

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  4. Juan Alberto Galván29 April 2014 at 13:18

    Thank you so much, folks, for your participation. The right answers are:

    1.b
    2.c
    3.c
    4.a
    5.a
    6.c
    7.a
    8.b
    9.a
    10.c

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