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Teens Tell All: Surviving (barely) without smartphones for a weekIs your teen addicted to their smartphone? NBC’s Stephanie Gosk challenged a group of high schoolers to ditch their phones for a full week. After the experiment was over, the teens admitted they felt more present without their phones, and their teacher said he was impressed with how improved and reflective his students had become.

Lesson plan: Are teens addicted to technology? | Lesson Plan | PBS NewsHour ExtraWhat roles do social media and technology play in teens' lives? Is it possible that teens are addicted to their phones? In this lesson plan, students will respond to PBS NewsHour's Brief but Spectacular episode,

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Click here to read a PBS NewsHour Teachers’ Lounge article entitled ‘Students are addicted to their cellphones, and they need our help.’ The author stated that “cellphones have become the modern security blanket.” Do you agree or disagree? How, if at all, does the generational gap between the teacher and his students play a role in his assessment of their technology use? Discuss as a class.
Using evidence from the Brief but Spectacular video and the Teachers’ Lounge article, write a short paragraph answering the following questions: Are students addicted to their cell phones? If so, is that a problem?

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