Revised Outline

Final Paper Outline

Intro:

Address the central argument of both Carr and Thompsons Papers: The Internet and the ever expanding use of it and how it has altered society.

Who is Carr and who is Thompson? Why should audiences care?

Incorporate a brief synopsis of my argument based on personal experiences and growing up around/in the technological age.

            -Personal Argument: Technological advances today have built an advanced     society, however this can be seen as both good and bad due to multiple reasons.

            - Also address my experience growing up in this “altered” generation, thrown into a world of fast paced technology.

PBS Video, teenagers/peers and the pros and cons to this tech advancement

TED Talk, language development and ability… build on Thompson, self experience.

The World is Digital, But Please Close Your Laptop in Class… “time and place” concept intro to “bad”

Main Body of Paper:

Utilize Thompsons Ideology that “audience effect” , and “endless connections” to put in light positive aspects

PBS video used to express “multi-tasking” positive aspect of the tech world on the brain.

TED Talk: Txting is killing language. JK! –tie with Thompson as well as myself, my argument.

Incorporate personal argument about the good; reflect on the positives that it has brought to myself.

Good comes with Bad… Carrs article, “Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, and begin looking for something else to do.”

Address personal experience with the distractions, ads, and inability to focus

Tie in idea of The World is Digital, But Please Close Your Laptop in Class.

Conclude:

Reveal strengths of the articles that were discussed in the paper, and why these arguments are relevant to the readers. Possible weaknesses as well/holes in the arguments of any of the utilized articles revealed as well.

 Carr, Nicholas. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”  The Atlantic. July/August 2008. Web.

Herman, Peter C. “The World is Digital, But Please Close Your Laptop in Class.” Times of San Diego.  June 12 2014.

PBS NewsHour.  “Is Technology Wiring Teens to Have Better Brains?” Jan 2011. Video.

Thompson, Clive. “Public Thinking_.” Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better. N.p: Penguin, 2014. 45-69. Print.

McWhorter, John. “Txting is killing our language. JK!” TED Talk. Feb 2013. Video.