Digital Citizenship (6 th -8 th ) Unit 2 Lesson 1: My Media WHAT ARE YOUR PERSONAL MEDIA HABITS, AND HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND WITH DIFFERENT FORMS OF MEDIA?

My Media  Learning Objectives: Students will be able to... o assess how much time they spend with media activities. o record and compare the time they spend with different forms of digital media (cell phones, Internet, etc.) and in different activities (texting, posting, and watching or creating videos). o formulate a viewpoint on the role that digital media plays in their lives.

My Media (Warm-up)  Close your eyes and put your heads on your desks.  For this exercise, I want you to think about your average day using digital media and to respond silently, by raising your hand if the question I ask applies to you.  Key Vocabulary:  habit: a regular behavior or practice.  log: a written record of an occurrence over time  Prompt them to imagine what digital media you use, if any, when you first get out of bed.  Do you check to see if you have text messages?  Do you watch TV or listen to MP3s in the morning?  What do you do with digital media as you are going to school?  During the school day, do you use digital media for class or for entertainment?  Now picture what you do after school. Do you use digital media for your homework, to socialize with others, or to gather information?  Do you multitask, using two or more forms of digital media at the same time?

My Media (My Media Logs)  Break students up into 5 groups & # off 1-5.  Using your my media log sheets record how much time was spent using what device.  Then break off into same group #’s (1’s with 1’s, 2’s with 2’s) and chart the entire classes time spent on your designated device.  First add up your totals, second multiply each activity’s total time by 7 to calculate a weekly average, and third convert the total minute averages into hours by dividing by 60.  Report your totals to me.

My Media (My Media Logs)  Was anyone surprised by how much media they use? How so?  Was anyone surprised by how little media they use? How so?  What are some of the common activities that people in your group do with digital media?  What are some of the activities that only one person in your group does with digital media?  Do you do more things with digital media in or out of school?  Do you do more things with digital media alone or with other people?  Do you consume (watch, listen, read) more digital media or create more?

My Media (Wrap-up)  Who in the group appears to spend the most time with digital media overall?  What forms of digital media do group members seem to use least?  Are there aspects of your classmates’ media lives that you found particularly interesting?  In comparison to others in the class, would you characterize your media intake as low, high, or somewhere in between?  What are some of the most common ways that you all engage with digital media?  Based on the media logs and bar graphs that you made, is there anything you would change about your media habits?

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