Start by carefully considering each of the following questions:What do you use t
Start by carefully considering each of the following questions:What do you use technology (cellphones, personal computers, etc.) for?
What percentage of each day do you spend engaging with technology? Write thisnumber down in Response Part A (2 pt).
Do you think technology use impacts your cognition? Why or why not
Watch this 15-minute TED Talk by Manoush Zomorodi on boredom and brilliant ideas:https://www.ted.com/talks/manoush_zomorodi_how_bor.
2. Response Part B (250-300 words; 14 pts): Using your lectures, readings, and the video you just watched as a reference, answer the questions below. When doing so, meaningfully reference/discuss (don’t just “slip” in the terms) at least two specific cognitive processes. Example cognitive processes include perception, working memory, long-term memory, problem solving, creativity, language, decision-making, and reasoning. Do you think technology hurts or enhances cognition? Why?
Do you think some cognitive processes are more or less impacted by technology?Why?
3. Written Response Part C (250-300 words; 14 pts): Please describe what interested you most about this exercise and how it changed or aligned with your initial understanding of the impact of technology use on your own cognition. When doing so, state if you are happy with the number you wrote down in Response Part A and explain why.
At the same time, since this is an informal response which involves you sharing your own independent thoughts, no citations or references or formal style (e.g., APA, Chicago, MLA) are needed.
Please do not use direct quotes – they can be distracting to the reader.
Responses to parts A and B should be 250-300 words each (for a total of 500-600 wordsoverall). Include the total words for each of these sections where noted in the template.
Responses must be typewritten, use pt. 12 Times New Roman font, double-spaced, have
1” margins, and submitted as a word document to Blackboard.
