Psychology

Tech Unit Instructional Product

Instructional Unit Objective:

This is a ten-day unit on the impact of mobile technology and effective ways teens can better manage their digital time. This unit of instruction is geared for high school juniors and seniors enrolled in Psychology and is aimed at teaching them how to use mobile technology in academic ways while they are monitoring their own smartphone time usage.

Each of the three lessons are included in the tabs at the top of each page. Each lesson's page contains all of the handouts needed to teach this unit and all of the step-by-step instructions are located in the Instructor's Manual, which is located here. Within this website are imbedded hyperlinks, which are presented in black bold lettering like "Instructor's Manual" above.

Every page on this website includes informative videos that help to supplement this unit. All sources for this unit and website are listed on the references page.

iGen: The generation born between 1995-2012

Watch this brief video that describes what is happening with the iGen as a result of their smartphone.