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Tech Habit Challenge: Part 1

What roles do media and tech play in my life?

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 the first part of this two-part lesson, students interview each other about their current tech habits, engaging in personal reflection while learning about the role that media and tech play in their peers' lives. This lesson sets students up for Part 2, where they learn about how to make healthy habits stick and develop personalized plans to support their digital well-being.

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

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 things we do regularly, often without thinking about them
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Time
20 mins.

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