3A. Reflection prompts

Your take. Read Christopher J. Ferguson’s article for the Huffington post: “Do Angry Birds Make for Angry Children?” and the APA Task Force on Violent Media report. What is your stance on the violent video games debate?

Watch Jane McGonigal’s TED talk “Gaming can make a better world”. What exactly are gamers getting so good at?

In what ways do you think mobile technologies have influenced tweens and teens “screen use” behaviors and patterns?

Brainstorm a few ways that content creation through digital media use, such as building and designing with digital tools and producing works online, could be incorporated into youth programming or workshops.