RESEARCH 4 TODAY

8th grade Unit 1: Coming of Age in the Digital Age – Resources

Important to Note:

Articles are organized into categories; however, you may use any articlethat includes information relating to your research topic.

If you do not have a login to Achieve 3000, you will not be able to access those articles from that source.

Copies of all articles are provided in class. They are located in the black crate and on the table – both in the back of the classroom.

Online Safety

  • Privacy in the Digital Age ACHIEVE3000
  • Online Safety

GENERAL – Teens and Technology

  • Pew Internet and America Life on teens and the Internet:
  • Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society?ProCon.org -
  • “Texting May be Taking a Toll”
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  • “Texting Addictions”
  • Negative Effects of Social Media on Teens
  • To Text or To Talk?ACHIEVE3000
  • “Needing the ‘Net” – ACHIEVE3000

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS (including self)

  • “We Never Talk Anymore: The Problem with Texting”
  • “FOMO” = Fear of Missing Out - Washington Post article: “Research finds link between social media and the ‘fear of missing out’,”7/8/2013 -
  • DoSomething.org article: “9 Ways Technology Affects Mental Health”-
  • “The Trouble With Texting”- ACHIEVE3000
  • “9 Ways Technology Affects Mental Health”
  • “Students can’t resist distraction for two minutes…and neither can you – NBC News”
  • NBC News video: “Docs Warn About Teens and ‘Facebook Depression’,” 3/29/2011 -

SCHOOL

  • New York Times seriesYour Brain on Computers (2010*) on the effects of ubiquitous technology on school and learning:*(these titles are older and may not reflect current technology available to teens, but they raise interesting and compelling questions)
  • “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction”
  • “Students and Technology, Constant Companions” – I love this! Audio clips of 5 students talking about their relationship with technology
  • “Can kids really do their homework and multi-task?” – article: School AtoZ, Government of New South Wales, Australia. – This article you can listen to and follow along as it is read to you.
  • “Text Messaging and its Effects on Teens' Grammar”
    - The University of Alabama Computers and Applied Technology Program (2009). Technology Education: A series of Case Studies. (Available at
  • “Digital Distractions”
  • “Wired and Tired” – ACHIEVE3000
  • “Higher Screen Time, Lower Grades” – ACHIEVE3000
  • DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
  • Video: “Toils of Social Networking,” CBS News report on teens’ digital footprints -
  • Social media and getting into college
  • College & Social Media
  • Digital Self/Web Identity
  • Kids and Screen Time – Listen to the story of a school’s experience
  • “Peer Pressure: Its Influence on Teens and Decision Making”
  • “Making Decisions“– ACHIEVE3000
  • “Are Web Sites Watching You?” – ACHIEVE3000
  • “Privacy in the Digital Age” – ACHIEVE3000
  • “Schools Take Steps to Stop Bullies” – ACHIEVE3000
  • “Are You Being Bullied”

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