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My Digital Life Is Like… (UK)

What is the role of digital media in our lives?
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We often use our phones or other devices without even thinking about it. But paying closer attention to how -- and how much -- we use digital media can help us find better balance in our lives. Challenge learners to truly consider how digital media adds to -- or takes away from -- their overall quality of life.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Explore the role that digital media plays in their life.

  • 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.

Key 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 comparison is made between two different things using the words "like" or "as"

Lesson Plan

40 mins.

What You'll Need

Classroom resources

  • Lesson Slides
  • My Digital Habits
    Handout Teacher Version
  • Lesson Quiz

Take-home resources

  • Family Activity
  • Family Tips
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Lesson last updated: August 2022