MC W2L1 Smartphones and multitasking

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Today's plan (English)

1. Let's talk about mobile phones and multi-tasking
2. Mobile phones discussion
3. Can you multitask? Let's experiment

Write down any words that have to do with smartphones

How do you feel after watching this short film? Write down in one short sentence.

Let's do our own experiment

Take a post it note and a pen and write the following words on your post it

• TEXTS    
• SOCIAL MEDIA NOTIFICATIONS
• OTHER DISRUPTIONS

For the next 20 minutes, you are going to keep track of how often you get a text, notification or other disruption on your phone and tally (write one line for every time something happens)

to tally

1. Do you have a smartphone? What brand is it?
   
2. In your opinion, which company makes the best smartphones?
   
3. What is the biggest benefit to owning a smartphone?
   
4. What is the biggest danger that comes from owning a smartphone?
   
5. How long do you spend every day looking at your smartphone?
   
6. Aside from making calls, what do you use your smartphone for?
   
7. How old should a child be before they receive a smartphone?
   
8. Should smartphones be banned from schools?
   
9. Can smartphones be used in education? In what way?
   
10. Do you ever pay for things using a smartphone? Are you comfortable with this?
    
11. What is the most interesting app you have ever used on a smartphone?
    
12.  Do you find it worrying that your smartphone tracks your location?
13.  Do you worry that someone could spy on you through your smartphone camera?
14.   How do you feel when a friend or relative looks at their phone while speaking to you?
15.   Do you think smartphones will get bigger or smaller in future?
16.  What do you think smartphones will be able to do in ten years' time?

What is important?

This class' results

• Who will do the counting?
• TEXTS    
• SOCIAL MEDIA NOTIFICATIONS
• OTHER DISRUPTIONS

If you could, would you change anything about your mobile phone usage?

Work in pairs or groups of three
and come up with your top 3 advantages of mobile phone usage.

Work in pairs and come up with your top 3 disadvantages of mobile phone usage.