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    Lesson IX: Level Iv - Module A

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    This document discusses smartphones and their impact on focus and productivity. It begins by outlining the topics that will be covered, including smartphones and our ability to focus, smartphone features, and comparing and contrasting smartphones. It then provides a jumbled dialogue activity and questions about how smartphones have affected work and notifications. The main part of the document is a summary of a video about how smartphones sabotage our brain's ability to focus. The video states that people receive over 63 notifications per day and switch tasks every 3 minutes. It compares notifications to raindrops on a lake overwhelming us. The document ends with activities about choosing smartphones based on features.

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    This document discusses smartphones and their impact on focus and productivity. It begins by outlining the topics that will be covered, including smartphones and our ability to focus, smartphone features, and comparing and contrasting smartphones. It then provides a jumbled dialogue activity and questions about how smartphones have affected work and notifications. The main part of the document is a summary of a video about how smartphones sabotage our brain's ability to focus. The video states that people receive over 63 notifications per day and switch tasks every 3 minutes. It compares notifications to raindrops on a lake overwhelming us. The document ends with activities about choosing smartphones based on features.

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    This document discusses smartphones and their impact on focus and productivity. It begins by outlining the topics that will be covered, including smartphones and our ability to focus, smartphone features, and comparing and contrasting smartphones. It then provides a jumbled dialogue activity and questions about how smartphones have affected work and notifications. The main part of the document is a summary of a video about how smartphones sabotage our brain's ability to focus. The video states that people receive over 63 notifications per day and switch tasks every 3 minutes. It compares notifications to raindrops on a lake overwhelming us. The document ends with activities about choosing smartphones based on features.

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    Lesson IX: Level Iv - Module A

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    This document discusses smartphones and their impact on focus and productivity. It begins by outlining the topics that will be covered, including smartphones and our ability to focus, smartphone features, and comparing and contrasting smartphones. It then provides a jumbled dialogue activity and questions about how smartphones have affected work and notifications. The main part of the document is a summary of a video about how smartphones sabotage our brain's ability to focus. The video states that people receive over 63 notifications per day and switch tasks every 3 minutes. It compares notifications to raindrops on a lake overwhelming us. The document ends with activities about choosing smartphones based on features.

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    LEVEL IV - MODULE A

    Lesson IX
    IN TODAY'S LESSON:
    -SMARTPHONES AND OUR
    ABILITY TO FOCUS
    -SMARTPHONE FEATURES
    -COMPARING AND
    CONTRASTING
    JUMBLED DIALOGUE
    In this video, Talia and Jackie finally meet.
    Unjumble their conversation. Then, watch the video and check.
    2
    3

    8
    6

    4
    DIALOGUE

    instant,
    immediate
    communication

    How would Talia's investigation have


    a fake account / a
    fake profile
    get in touch with

    been different with a smartphone? someone


    How have smartphones affected the way we work?
    How often do you check your notifications?
    Are you usually distracted by your phone?
    How can you reduce the amount of distractions on your phone?

    they call you after hours misunderstand /


    working 24/7 misunderstood

    the spellcheck
    auto-correct
    stay in touch /
    keep in touch /
    lose touch WITH
    someone
    you can work from
    anywhere
    GPS
    to check on someone
    How Smartphones Sabotage
    Your Brain's Ability to Focus
    Before watching
    Predict:
    How many notifications do we receive in a day? (every 3 minutes)
    How frequently do we switch tasks? change activities

    How can notifications compare to drops on a lake?


    multitasking
    How Smartphones Sabotage
    Your Brain's Ability to Focus

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig6I3prnlnE
    were being
    "9 to 5 is out, 24/7 is in."
    bombarded

    "We are bombarded by more than 63 notifications a day."


    He switches

    "We switch tasks every 3 minutes."


    "Checking email more frequently throughout the day was
    associated with feeling more stressed and overwhelmed."
    when something is too much
    abrumado/a, desbordado/a

    overwhelming

    stressful
    0 Conditional
    stating something that is always true

    "If email is like rain, notifications seem like a storm to


    our productivity and our ability to focus."

    "So to take new technologies, we may first need to


    reconsider when and how we rely on them."
    depend on
    HOW DO WE CHOOSE OUR
    SMARTPHONES?
    size
    price
    camera quality
    operating system
    customer service
    battery durability
    popularity
    life span
    cellphone / mobile phone / smartphone I can't afford it
    American British
    HOW DO WE CHOOSE OUR
    SMARTPHONES?
    Choose a smartphone that you like.

    What's the name of the model?


    What are some of its features?
    What do you like about it?
    WEB RESEARCH:
    SMARTPHONE FEATURES
    COMPARING: https://www.gsmarena.com/

    SMARTPHONE FEATURES
    Choose three phone models to compare.
    Focus on the features you consider most important.

    HTTPS://WWW.GSMARENA.COM/COMPARE.PHP3
    WEB DISCUSSION:
    SMARTPHONE FEATURES
    MODEL WRITING:
    SMARTPHONE FEATURES
    characteristics
    TALKING ABOUT GENERAL IMPRESSIONS

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