Changing Ways of Communicating

Today you will work in TitanPad. Open up a Titanpad (http://titanpad.com/ep/pad/newpad). Share the link with your partner.

COPY and PASTE TASKS A-F into the TitanPad.  
Share your  titanpad link with a partner.
(Task H will be done on Padlet).

You will make a presentation answering this question:

How has modern technology changed the way we interact with each other? What are the positive and negative aspects of this influence? Are the changes for the better or for the worst?




What do these pictures tell us about how our interactions have changed?

One new way we interact with each other is through social-networking. On Page 73 of the Listening/Speaking textbook there is an ideas map for social networking activities.

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TASK A) Besides those listed on page 73, What are some other examples of social networking activities?
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TASK B) Besides social networking, what are some modern ways of communicating?
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TASK C) What are some traditional ways of communicating?
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TASK D) What do you think has caused the big change between traditional and modern ways of communicating?





TASK E) Look at the ways of communicating that you listed in TASK B and TASK C in more detail. Think of examples. Describe the activities. What are the positives/advantages and negatives/disadvantages?


TRADITIONAL WAYS OF COMMUNICATING 

1) Communication: Face to face
Examples & Activities: Chatting with friends at a cafe. Talking with family at the dinner table.

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2) Communication:
Examples & Activities:

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3) Communication:
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NEW WAYS OF COMMUNICATING

1) Communication: Social Networking
 Examples & Activities: Posting and commenting on Instragram photos. Sharing videos, links and thoughts on twitter.

Positives/Advantages:

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2) Communication:
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3) Communication:
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TASK F) Think about classrooms of the past and of today, or how your grandfather spent time with his friends and how you may spend time with yours. What are some ways technology has changed how we interact with each other?

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TASK G) Review the advantages and disadvantages listed in TASK E and your examples from TASK E. What is your overall opinion about the change in communication methods has affected how we interact? Is the change positive or negative?Why?

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TASK H)  After completing your titanpad, you will make a padlet with a partner presenting the topic: “Changing Ways of Communication and Interaction.”

Include pictures in your padlet.


Use the information from Tasks A-F to complete Task H

1 Slide: what has changed how we communicate.
3 Slides: traditional ways of communicating described with positives/advantages and negatives/disadvantages.
3 Slides: modern ways of communicating described with positives/advantages and negatives/disadvantages.
1-3 Slides: ways technology has changed how we interact with each other.
1 Slide: You and your partner’s opinion about if the change in how we communicate is for the better or for the worse.


Your padlet should answer this question:

How has modern technology changed the way we interact with each other? What are the positive and negative aspects of this influence? Are the changes for the better or for the worst?


When finished, email your teacher:
A) TitanPad link
B) Padlet link.