Let’s Disconnect for a Day! Assignment #1

Let’s Disconnect for a Day!
Assignment # 1 (Worth 25%)
This assignment will require that you give up access to one social media
related technology (of your choosing) for 24 hours. This could be no cell
phone, no email, no Twitter, no Facebook or Snapchat etc., the choice is
yours! This means that you need to plan ahead! You might need to get an
assignment completed before the day it is due. You might need to let you
friends, family, coworkers, and professors know about your unavailability.
You will probably need to think about how you will spend your time because
temptation will likely be strong.
You may choose any 24 hours. This can be during the weekend if it works
better with your schedule.
The assignment is divided into two separate deliverables (field notes and a
mini paper). Both components are due together in ONE file to the assignment
# 1 dropbox in eConestoga. You can copy and paste your field notes into a
word document for submission. For the mini paper, please write your
responses directly below each question listed in this document. Please use the following
naming format for you assignment submission – First initial, Last Name, Course Code and
Section, and Assignment. E.g., anoskoLIBS19702Assignment1.
Overview of field notes:
In order to get an accurate view of your experience you will be jotting quick
reflections on paper (or on your computer, if you choose) every 3 hours (that
you are awake) during the assignment. You can use the excel spreadsheet
provided – Assignment # 1 Field Notes Spreadsheet.
Every three hours record your answers to the following questions:
What time is it?
Where are you?
What are you doing?
Who are you with? (don’t use proper names – just describe the
people in terms of their relationship to you – e.g. “study group”,
“guys from my frat,” “my boyfriend” etc.)
Have you been tempted to use technology in the past 3 hours? If
so, why?
Any other details of interest
What
time is it?
Where
are you?
What are
you
Who are
you with?
Have you
been
Any other
details of

doing? (don’t
use
proper
names –
just
describe
the
people in
terms of
their
relations
hip to
you – e.g.
“study
group”,
“guys
from my
frat,”
“my
boyfriend
” etc.)
tempted
to use
technolo
gy in the
past 3
hours? If
so, why?
interest
6:00 am. Home Reading
newspaper
With my
father
No Tried bird
watching
9:00 a.m. University Preparing
for
assignmen
t
With my
peers
Yes, for
checking
my mails
No
12 noon Library Reading
books
Alone No No
3:00 p.m. Cafeteria Spending
time with
friends
With my
classmate
s
No Tried to
interact
more with
my peers
6:00 p.m. Home Cooking With my
family
Yes, for
watching
web series
No
9:00 p.m. Home Spending
time with
family
With my
family
No Tried to
know how
the day
went for
my family
members
Overview of mini-paper: