Technology Today: Synthesizing & Writing a Paragraph (30)

A. For the first 10 items, choose R if the statement supports the topic and choose I if it does not. The topic of the sentences will be: Are People Becoming Technological Zombies?

If you understand the instructions, check the two literary works we discussed in class and if you don't, check the two literary works we did not discuss in class. 

The massive use of modern technology has brought us not only benefits and convenience but also new social and psychological issues.

Technology addiction involves excessive human-machine interaction.

Factors influencing technology addiction include depression and anxiety.

Technology usage increases students’ academic achievement.

There is a need to change the school curriculum to cope with technology revolution.

Majority of teens see their cellphones as drug or reliever to keep themselves occupied.

Zombies have dominated science fiction.

Types of diseases that can cause a person to act like zombies are rabies, leprosy, and African Sleeping Sickness.

Social media has played a major role in the increase of technological zombies.

People struggle to keep up with the pace of technological innovation.

B. Identify the paragraphs if they are synthesized or not. Choose SYNTHESIZED if yes and UNSYNTHESIZED if no. 

Type my first name (English teacher) if you understand the answer and my surname if you don't. 

The use of PowerPoint presentation in the classroom offers a powerful tool in delivering the lesson but several educators question its usefulness. Ruiz (2000) claims that due to the ease of delivery, teachers go too fast with the discussion and rely heavily on the information on the slide. Furthermore, Juan (2002) believes that because too much text is put on a slide, it became visually poor and boring. However, Ramos (2002) argues that while PowerPoint has its downside, it is much more flexible and is limited only by the creativity of the user.

De la Cruz (2012) conducted a study on the preferred learning modality of 15 males and 18 female Junior High School students and found out that all of them favors online class. De la Cruz claims that the students preferred online class for being flexible and cost-efficient than traditional class. Sangco (2016) reveals that of the 30 students he surveyed, 12 preferred face-to-face classes citing unavailability of laptop, cellphone and internet connection at home.

Read and analyze the following questions or incomplete sentences. Identify the correct answer using the scrambled letters as your clue. Unscramble them and you get the right answer! 

Type my second name (English teacher) if you understand the answer and my first name if you don't.