Digital Media and Balance

What are two benefits that digital media activities that affects people's lives.

• Private information can be copied and sent to anyone.

• You can stay in touch with friends easily.

• Many fun things online are also free.

• You may spend less time with others in person.

Which of the following statements is true about media balance?

• The main goal is to use technology as little as possible.

• You achieve media balance when you use devices for all your activities.

• Media balance is when you use your devices only to do schoolwork.

• You have media balance when you participate in activities you enjoy both online and offline.

Lucia uses Instagram to connect with her friends. Recently her friend group started tagging each other to participate in "digital dares." Doing the dares was fun at first, but after a while they started to become a distraction from other things. What would you recommend Lucia do to balance her media use?

• Quit social media because it is always distracting.

• Mute her app notifications so she can focus when she needs to.

• Tell her friends they should never post on social media.

• Block her friends on Instagram.

After reflecting on his digital habits, Adrian realized that he was spending too much time playing video games after school. He challenged himself to spend only 30 minutes a day on video games, which was much less than before. Thinking about the Digital Habits Checkup, what might make it difficult for Adrian to stick to his challenge?

• He could be easily distracted by other activities he enjoys.

• He will have more time to do things he enjoys, like playing outside with friends.

• His friends might expect Adrian to stay online when they are gaming together.

• He could find other ways to hang out with his friends.

How confident are you in being able to take action to have media balance in your life?

• I feel very confident.

• I feel somewhat confident.

• I don't feel confident.

What is media balance?

• Using media to simply your life by constantly texting and surfacing the internet.

• Using media to promote your business.

• Using media in a way that feels healthy and
  in balance with other life activities (family, friends, school, hobbies, etc.)

  
  

• Using media to feel accept and like by your peers.

What is digital media?

• Content (text, audio, images, video) or devices that allow people to share information, communicate, and collaborate over the internet or computer networks

  
  

• Content that people can track your name and find information from your past

• Content that you were tagged in by friends.

• Content that you researched for a project.

What is a simile

• A figure of speech uses deliberate exaggeration that adds emphasis, urgency, or excitement to a statement.

• A figure of speech in which comparison is made between two different things using the words "like" or "as"

  
  

• A figure of speech that compares to unlike things using the word as.

• A figure of speech that repeats of consonant sounds right next to each other, which creates a memorable or melodic effect.

Which digital media habit could be a challenge for you to stop?

• No Texting

• No Snapchat or Twitter

• No Instagram of FB

• Reading a novel

What are two drawbacks that digital media activities that affects people's lives.

• Private information can be copied and sent to anyone.

• You can look up information quickly.

• Everything you do online leaves a trial of your activity

• Many  fun things online are also free.