Entertainment and Technology

Entertainment and Technology

Imagination and Creativity

Uh?

Be careful of your actions in front of and behind closed doors.

Nature or Nurture: Attention Deficiency Hyperactive Disorder

Amazing films, but where was the story first shared?

Question: What inspires stories?

Paranoia is validated. With recording and editing capabilities, the author can spread a viral video of a scandalous scoundrel or sainted server.

Family Values

New and better ways to be mean?!

Those who are still learning about compassion, empathy, and consequences are wielding an inconceivable amount of power. Words can be weapons--publish them and wounds are made.

Character Development

Five more minutes...

"...ramifications...less connection...aren't able to build relationships...nor maintain them as well." (Taylor 2013)

How does one learn what it means to be....

empathic

Alternative activities fertilize the weeds of procrastination.

supportive

Tumblr

Where are the moral lines drawn? This kind of technology brings great power, and with great power comes great responsibility

forgiving

resilient

considerate

A website to upload and watch shared videos online

Twitter

What is lost?

A website that streams

TV show & movies directly to your computer

sincere

kind

appreciative

Liabilities of Entertainment Technology

ethical

Character is defined by how we survive conflicts and the lessons we carry on throughout life.

A microblogging platform and social networking website

Can we keep up?

A social network that allows you to post comments, read others' comments, and comment on comments...microblogging

"...gaming consuls are he greatest technological advances of our generation. I...use my laptop and or Xbox at least once a day, or twice…. Maybe more. It does have some drawbacks, like obesity and laziness. But who cares, I blew that guys head off! " ~ anonymous junior in high school

Uhm...Raj, she is not real.

Virtual worlds or technology that directly and verbally interacts with you are not real, but when you spend too much time in the fantasy, the lines become blurred.

Photos

Social skills

Message

Add friend

Types of Entertainment Technology

Place

Every year a new and better piece of technology is released, along with all the accompanying software. The upgrades seem to be restricted to the fiscally endowed or priority challenged.

status

Communication with technology vs people

Chat

Resourcefulness

A social digital music experience through Facebook, you can browse your friends' collections and playlists, helping you discover and share more music than ever before.

Attention

Do our kids know where to go if their e-books stop working, phones die, or GPS is broken?

spatial awareness

Uhm...that didn't happen?

"...neuroscientist warned that the internet may be rewriting our brains and leading to attention deficit...growing up more detached from other people..." (Bindley 2011)

manners

"Being able to get place to place without google maps,

Privacy and respectful boundaries become archaic, and information is publicly archived.

Virtual World

X-Box 360

Life event

conversation

...By relying so much on my computer, I feel like my researching skills are at a loss if I did not have my computer. I have no idea how to find things out from books and other resources because I don't feel the need to do so." ~anonymous high school senior

Vine

facebook recognition

Video game console connected to the internet that allows you to play with anyone around the world

escape to another world where anything is possible...be anyone, do anything...

Facebook

An online site with short videos of 5-10 seconds

Online photo and video-sharing social network

The constant newer younger upgrades download far past its predecessor kin of metaphorical tin in a cloud of dust in the wake of newer, faster, and smaller. Sadly, by the time we finish presenting, prezi will be outdated and Pro-prezi will have been released. At any rate, here is a sample of a few hipsters' choices of tech fun, negative consequences, and a farewell epitaph.