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My Media Use: A Personal Challenge

What is your strategy for finding media balance?

Grade

7

Time

55 mins.

Most of us use a lot of digital media in our daily lives -- even when we don't realize it! Having a balance between online and offline time is important, but healthy media balance might look different for everyone. Help students create a personalized plan for healthy media use.

Objectives:
  • Make an inventory of their media choices and how those choices make them feel.

  • Brainstorm personal strategies for balancing media use.

  • Create personal guidelines for promoting healthy media balance.

Vocabulary Show definitions
media balance · guideline · inventory

media balance – using media in a way that feels healthy and in balance with other life activities (family, friends, school, hobbies, etc.)
guideline – a set of criteria or piece of advice for how to do something
inventory – a complete list of items or actions
STANDARDS
This lesson meets standards for  Common Core ELA,  ISTE,  CASEL, and  AASL .  See standards
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STANDARDS
This lesson meets standards for  Common Core ELA,  ISTE,  CASEL, and  AASL .  See standards
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Key Standards Supported

Common Core ELA

L.7.1, L.7.3, L.7.6, SL.7.1, SL.7.1a, SL.7.1b, SL.7.1c, SL.7.1d, SL.7.2, SL.7.6, W.7.10, W.7.2, W.7.2f, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.9

ISTE

1a, 1c, 1d, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3b, 4d, 5b, 5c, 6a, 6d, 7b, 7d

CASEL

1a, 1c, 1e, 2b, 2c, 2e, 3d, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e

AASL

I.A.1, I.A.2, II.A.2, III.A.1, III.A.2, III.A.3, IV.A.1, IV.A.2, IV.A.3, V.A.2, V.A.3, VI.A.1, VI.A.2, I.B.1, I.B.3, II.B.1, II.B.2, III.B.1, III.B.2, IV.B.3, V.B.1, I.C.1, I.C.4, II.C.1, II.C.2, III.C.1, III.C.2, V.C.1, V.C.3, I.D.1, I.D.2, I.D.3, I.D.4, II.D.1, II.D.3, III.D.1, III.D.2, IV.D.1, V.D.1, V.D.2, VI.D.1, VI.D.3, II.B.3

Lesson Plan

55 mins.

Warm Up: Taking Stock

5 mins.

Analyze: My Media Use

20 mins.

Evaluate: Creating Healthy Media Balance

15 mins.

Wrap Up: My Media Strategy

15 mins.

Additional Resources

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  • My Media-Balance Strategy
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