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LESSON

Tech Habit Challenge

How can I build positive habits around media and tech to support my well-being?

What if we slowed down to consider our tech habits, including what we do that serves us well and what we might want to change? In this lesson, teens interview each other about their current tech habits, reflect on their own habits, and hear how others approach their tech habits. Each student ultimately creates a personal Tech Habit Challenge to achieve more balance.

This lesson was co-created with the Center for Digital Thriving.

Objectives

  • Reflect on the role that media and tech play in their lives, both positively and negatively
  • Use active listening strategies to help others reflect on their tech habits
  • Develop a personal challenge to change a tech habit in a way that supports well-being

Vocabulary

Digital Well-Being · Habits
Digital Well-Being experiencing media and technology in ways that support one's mental, physical, social, and emotional health
Habits automatic routines or things we do, often without even really thinking about them
Time
20 mins.

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This lesson was co-created with Center for Digital Thriving.