This document discusses contemporary teen culture and how teens connect through technology. It outlines various internet platforms and social media that teens engage with, such as virtual worlds, computer games, Bitstrips, avatars, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, texting, online shopping, e-books, e-magazines, music and videos. The document also lists concerns around technology, including dependence on social media, obsession with popularity, laziness and obesity, exposure to guns, violence, alcohol and drugs, and early exposure to sex. It aims to list over 20 representations of teen interests and experiences through technology.

1. TO TEACH ME IS TO
KNOW ME
Margie Maldonado
EDSU 532
March 30, 2014
Betty McEady

2. CONTEMPORARY TEEN CULTURE
“Interests-Concerns-Experiences”

3. So How Do Teens
Connect ?

4. INTERNET
• Virtual
Worlds
• Computer
Games
• Bitstrips
• Avatars
• Movie
Media
• Wikis
• Much More!

5. YouTube !

6. SOCIAL MEDIA:
FACEBOOK TWITTER TEXTING

7. SOCIAL MEDIA: Let’s
Talk

8. TEENS LOVE
TEXTING!

9. ONLINE SHOPPING

10. And Then There’s
e-Reading...

11. e-Readers

12. e-Magazines

13. Audio
Music !

14. Visual Music: Videos

15. Smart phones
!

16. iPads

17. Pop Culture

20. GAMING !

21. TEEN FILM
• Teen
Musicals
• Teen
Drama
• Teen Sci-Fi
• Teen
Horror
• Teen

22. TELEVISION

23. CONCERNS & DANGERS OF
TECHNOLOGY
• Dependence on
Social Media
• Obsessed with Being
Popular
• Laziness-Obesity
• Guns-Violence
• Alcohol-Drugs
• Early Exposure to
Sex
• Plagiarism
• Poor Advice

24. CONCERNS OF TECHNOLOGY
CONTINUED…

25. DID I LIST 20 REPRESENTATIONS OR MORE ?
1. Internet
2. Virtual Worlds
3. Bitstrips
4. Wikis
5. YouTube
6. Facebook
7. Twitter
8. Texting
9. Online Shopping
10. e-books
11. e-magazines
12. Audio Music
13. Visual Music
Videos
14. Smart Phones
15. iPads
16. Pop Culture
17. Pop Literature
Steampunks
18. Gaming
19. Film
20. Television
21. Avatars

26. YUP!
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THE END!