Digital Citizen - My Media Balance

Digital Citizen - My Media Balance

My Media Balance

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If you could plan your perfect day — where you would do anything

you wanted — what would it include?

Write a short reflection on describing what you would do during the morning, day, afternoon/evening, and at night.

Some ideas are digital media (TV, movies, video games, texting, etc.), non-digital media (books, magazines, etc.), friends and/or family, the outdoors, alone time, hobbies

Include as much detail as you can.

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Now imagine that your perfect day will be granted for seven straight days.

Would you change anything in your perfect day? If so, what?

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What do you think of when you see the images of a scale and a tight rope walker? What do they show?

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For example, for a scale to be balanced, it needs to have equal weights on both sides. Or, for life to feel balanced, it might mean spending time doing different things (time with friends, time with family, time for work, time for hobbies, etc.) but maybe not all in the exact same amount.

Is your life balanced doing different things or do you tend to do the same thing every day?

• I tend to do different things

• I tend do the same thing over and over again

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Today we're going to talk about balance in terms of how we use media. This includes how we use devices, like phones or laptops or television, and also things that are non-digital, like books or magazines.

What does media balance mean to you?

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Do you think your perfect day -- which you'll be experiencing for a week -- was balanced? Why or why not?