This is a quick “cheat sheet” guide to help refresh your memory of topics we’ve covered in class. Always see Ms. Braden or Ms. Mac if you need help (seminar/advisory is a great time- sign up for a FlexPass!)
Research Database- Explora High School (link on the “Databases” page)
While using Explora don’t forget to:
- Read overview articles
- Filter your source types (suggested focus: “News” “Magazines” and “Encyclopedias”)
- Email useful articles to yourself
Potential starting search terms, by topic. You are not limited to these!
SCREEN TIME/SOCIAL MEDIA
Screen time topic overview
Digital divide topic overview
Internet addiction topic overview
Social media effects: self esteem topic overview
Social media effects: social isolation topic overview
Other potential search terms:
Screen time and… [child development, mental health]
Screen time… [limits, adolescents, children, education, school, brain]
Another resource would be the OE Library Database “Opposing Viewpoints in Context” — Browse Issues, select “Social Media”, begin with topic overview.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT/DEATH PENALTY
Capital Punishment topic overview
Wrongful Convictions and DNA: topic overview
Other potential search terms:
Innocence Project
False Testimony
False Confession
Judicial Error
Exoneration
Death penalty
Executions
Death Row
Death Row Inmates
Another resource would be the OE Library Database “Opposing Viewpoints in Context” — Browse Issues, select “Capital Punishment”, begin with topic overview.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Artificial Intelligence- Salem Press resource provides a 3 pg overview that’s fairly recent
Generative Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT
Large Language Model
Chatbot
Artificial Intelligence plus another field like: medicine, mental health, healthcare, writing, education, college, high school, law enforcement, government policy, regulations, limits, expansion, sports, children, teens, seniors, animal intelligence, economics, job displacement, etc.
This is such a wide-ranging and rapidly developing topic that just browsing the AI search results will probably yield surprises in how many fields are investigating AI’s effectiveness as a tool in their field- from education to medicine to sports.
Another resource would be the OE Library Database “Opposing Viewpoints in Context” — Browse Issues, select “Artificial Intelligence”, begin with topic overview.
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