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L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
07/27/2009
Texting till it hurts
Years ago, someone coined the term "pacman elbow" to describe a mild form of tendinitis stemming from the overuse of a joystick. Today CNN exposes TTT (Texting Teen Tendonitis) with dire warnings about "a boom in thumb-joint replacement surgeries over the next several decades." CNN is kidding, right?
■Class discussion: Regardless of the dubious medical implications, the video does point out that parents often have no idea. The mother thought her daughter was sending 25 texts a day. The doctor finds the daughter was actually sending about 200 texts a day and last month sent 8,000 text messages in just a month. Isn't that massive disconnect more troublesome than potential thumb-joint surgery 30 years from now?
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