Lesson
My Digital Life Is Like ...
What is the role of digital media in our lives?
Grade
9Time
45 mins.
Objectives
- Explore the role that digital media plays in their lives.
- Use the Digital Habits Checkup to reflect on the positive and negative impacts of digital media.
- Create a personal challenge to improve their digital well-being.
Vocabulary
digital media .
media balance .
simile
digital media – Content (text, audio, images, video) or devices that allow people to share information, communicate, and collaborate over the internet or computer networks
media balance – using media in a way that feels healthy and in balance with other life activities (family, friends, school, hobbies, etc.)
simile – a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two different things using the word like or as
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.