Finding Balance in a Digital World

How do we balance digital media use in our lives?

We use digital media every day, from texting, streaming TV shows, and gaming all the way to using voice assistants or ordering our food online. For today's kids, it's a lot more than just "screen time." So how can we help students balance their online and offline lives? It starts with recognizing just how much media we use.

Objectives:

• Reflect on their common online and offline activities.
• Identify ways to "unplug" to maintain balance between online and offline activities.
• Use the Digital Habits Checkup routine to create a personal challenge to achieve more media balance.

Vocabulary 

• digital media 
• media balance 
• red flag feeling 
• unplug 
• digital habits

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