Lesson
Digital Media and Your Brain
How does digital media try to hook you, and what can you do about it?
Grade
8Objectives
- Explore ways that different digital media are, and aren't, designed to help them make good media choices.
- Reflect on how digital media is designed to either help or hinder the addition of meaning and value to their lives.
- Think about how to develop good, healthy habits when using digital media.
Vocabulary
addictive design .
feedback loop .
habit .
humane design
addictive design – features of an app or device that try to hook you into using it frequently
feedback loop – when you get a response to something you do or post online, causing your brain to experience a temporary moment of pleasure
habit – something we do automatically without thinking
humane design – features that prioritize what's good for people and help them use technology in a healthy way
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.
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Have students apply what they have learned by completing the “Healthy Social Media Habits” Activity on TestDrive, a social media simulator. Students go through a self-guided activity to reinforce key concepts and practice building healthy social media habits. For more information, download the Social Media TestDrive Educator Guide.
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