Grade 6 - Finding Balance in a Digital World - Online, Offline Student Handout
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Grade 6 - Finding Balance in a Digital World - Balancing Act Student Handout
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Technology Integration Ideas
Do the Extension Activity using Padlet - What would you miss if you did not go online for a week? What would you not miss? Why?
Have students keep a record of their use of media for a week and then use Google Sheets to record the data and create charts and graphs to visualize.
Use Canva (login with School Google account) to create an Infographic on Media use of teens. Students may also wish to try Adobe tools such as Illustrator or In-Design
They can use the 2018 Social Media, Social Life report from Common Sense Education to get the data or to view the Infographic from the report which is included below:
cs_socialmediasociallife_infographic.pdf
Applied Digital Skills
The lesson called Build Healthy Digital Habitshas students reflect on and discuss digital habits to create a healthy technology balance.