How Technology is Changing Social Lives and Learning
Concerns
100
What does the acronym MUVE mean?
Multi-User Virtual Environment
100
What emerged as a result of the rise of high schools in the mid 20th century?
What is Peer Culture
100
Why are some parents against video games?
They are viewed as addicting and as "corrupting the youth"
200
Parents provide their children with technology, such as computers, television, games, and such, but confess to not knowing how children use them. This is an example of what?
What is Technology Literacy Gap
200
Media such as television shows where the audience determines the narrative, blogs, video games, and virtual worlds are examples of what?
What is Participatory Media
200
Why are some parents and teachers concerned with the amount of time children spend online?
They are concerned children aren't reading actual books.
300
These are the two main skills children develop playing video games
What is problem-solving and communication skills
300
With the future generation of "gamers" in the workplace, what do people worry will be a result of the "pay-for-performance" outlook this new generation will follow?
They worry gamers will be less loyal to companies and more willing to change jobs frequently.