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Positive Tech Habits

How can I build positive habits around media and tech to support my well-being?

Grades

6–8

Time

40 mins.
Objectives:

  • Define what a habit is.

  • Reflect on the role that media and tech play in their lives, both positively and negatively.

  • Develop a personal challenge to change a tech habit in a way that supports well-being.

Vocabulary Show definitions
digital well-being · habits
digital well-being – experiencing media and technology in ways that support one's mental, physical, social, and emotional health
habits – automatic routines or things we do, often without even really thinking about them
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40 mins.
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This lesson was co-created with the Center for Digital Thriving at Harvard Graduate School of Education.