Unit 1 Portfolio

How does technology affect sleep? “I need to watch an episode of tv before bed” “I use it too much before bed and prevents me from going to bed” “I use music (white noise) to fall asleep” How does technology affect the way students learn in modern day society? “Online textbooks allows you to have all your content in one spot” “It makes it easier to do research online than at the library” “Emailing teachers rather than seeing them in person for a question is a lot more convenient.” How does technology affect our everyday life? “I use my alarm to wake me up every morning” “I use Google maps and waze everyday, without those apps i would get lost all the time.” “I am addicted to social media and can never focus on my work” The type and appearance of my questions are centered around children and sleep. The appearance of my questions are short and to the point. I asked my three questions to friends in my dorm and they were pretty engaged and interes...

I feel that the quality of my three sources are up to par and follow the class inquiry and my research. My first curated source that I chose, discussed the affects of technology on sleep. Stemming from tuck.com, this article ponders upon how technology use has other effects that are not always positive. “ In this article we’ll explore the various ways technology truly impacts sleep, how it affects children versus adults” . My first source focused primarily on technology in sleep and that is quality to me because it is focused on technology and another subject in depth with lots of data and information. This source provides many facts and details to support their points and argument, and how to solve issues regarding technology.I felt this was a quality source because often people do research on how technology has developed and grown. This article shows how technology has not always developed in a beneficial way. My second source I found was a blog from businessinsider.com. I felt that...

I chose this free write because I felt it was the most interesting and intriguing. This free write was the most out of the ordinary and unique. I thought its was cool how we wrote about something that was not about ourselves or writing or class.

Dennis Baron - Pencils to Pixels: Genre - The genre of Baron’s article was a scholarly article that referenced the history of how the technology of a pencil has advanced to the computer. The genre influenced this article by giving reference to all the small steps it took over past centuries a pencil has transformed into the technology we have today. I feel it succeeded because it gave a good representation of what technology used to be. This source fits into our inquiry because it shows directly how writing technology has advanced. “We have a way of getting so used to writing technologies that we come to think of them as natural rather than technological.” https://www.tuck.com/how-does-technology-affect-sleep/ How Does Technology Affect Sleep? Genre - This is a research article from tuck.com analyzing the ways technology affect sleep. The project influenced this genre because I was curious of the negative effects of technology rather than just the benefits. I think it suc...