LESSON
What Are Design Tricks?
How does technology design impact our habits and well-being?
The tech we use every day is strategically designed to capture and hold our attention. Companies have gotten increasingly skilled at knowing what pulls us in and keeps our eyes on screens. This lesson helps students recognize common design tricks used by tech companies, understand how these features impact their well-being, and identify healthy tech habits to help combat the impact of these design tricks.
Objectives
- Understand how and why tech companies use certain design tricks to hold our attention
- Reflect on how tech design can impact our well-being
- Identify healthy tech habits to help combat the impact of design tricks
Vocabulary
Habits ·
Design Tricks ·
Digital Well-Being
Habits – things we do regularly, often without thinking about them
Design Tricks – features that technology companies use (like endless scrolling and autoplay) to capture user attention by playing on our psychology
Digital Well-Being – experiencing media and technology in ways that support one's mental, physical, social, and emotional health
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Time
20 mins.
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