OVERVIEW
In today’s school, many students are experiencing high levels of anxiety, stress, and tension – if they discover that they are in a no network area or if their cell battery is running low. No longer seen as a status symbol, smartphones are now viewed as a necessity. These phones are our personal assistants, containing our email, our calendar, our activities…our lives.
In this module we will be looking at how smartphones are starting to affect our lives. We will find out how they affect our eating habits, our sleeping habits, and our relationships. We will determine what the positive and oftentimes negative consequences can be.
Reading Assignments
The following articles can be accessed through ProQuest or EBSCOhost . Log into the myEdison portal and go to My Resources > Educational. There you will find the links to the databases. The specific database for each article is listed in parenthesis.
Answer the following questions.