TO TEACH ME IS TO

KNOW ME

Margie Maldonado

EDSU 532

March 30, 2014

Betty McEady

CONTEMPORARY TEEN CULTURE“Interests-Concerns-Experiences”

So How Do Teens

Connect ?

INTERNET

• Virtual Worlds

• Computer Games

• Bitstrips

• Avatars

• Movie Media

• Wikis

• Much More!

YouTube !

SOCIAL MEDIA:

FACEBOOK TWITTER TEXTING

SOCIAL MEDIA: Let’s

Talk

TEENS LOVE

TEXTING!

ONLINE SHOPPING

And Then There’s

e-Reading...

e-Readers

e-Magazines

Audio

Music !

Visual Music: Videos

Smart phones

!

iPads

Pop Culture

GAMING !

TEEN FILM

• Teen

Musicals

• Teen

Drama

• Teen Sci-Fi

• Teen

Horror

• Teen

Comedy

TELEVISION

CONCERNS & DANGERS OF

TECHNOLOGY

• Dependence on

Social Media

• Obsessed with Being

Popular

• Laziness-Obesity

• Guns-Violence

• Alcohol-Drugs

• Early Exposure to

Sex

• Plagiarism

• Poor Advice

CONCERNS OF TECHNOLOGY

CONTINUED…

DID I LIST 20 REPRESENTATIONS OR MORE ?

1. Internet

2. Virtual Worlds

3. Bitstrips

4. Wikis

5. YouTube

6. Facebook

7. Twitter

8. Texting

9. Online Shopping

10. e-books

11. e-magazines

12. Audio Music

13. Visual Music Videos

14. Smart Phones

15. iPads

16. Pop Culture

17. Pop Literature Steampunks

18. Gaming

19. Film

20. Television

21. Avatars

YUP!

THE END!