PPL 1O Health Unit Mrs. Petrin Personal Safety PPL 1O Health Unit Mrs. Petrin

Personal Safety and Injury Prevention Appropriate Use of Technology

Personal Health and Safety The learning goal for this unit of study is to: help you understand that your choices and behaviour affect yourself and others. This includes online behaviour. enable you to make better choices regarding online behaviour.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of today’s technology?

Brainstorm fast convenient cool / fun efficient Benefits of technology… Drawbacks of technology… fast convenient cool / fun efficient makes the world smaller lack of privacy makes sources unreliable too much trust in technology permanence of content addiction too reliant on it makes us lazy distraction

Four Square Activity For each of the statements that follow, decide whether you AGREE, AGREE BUT…, DISAGREE, or DISAGREE BUT … Then, move to the corner of the classroom that corresponds to your choice.

“I couldn’t go a day without my cell phone or ipod.” Agree or Disagree? “I couldn’t go a day without my cell phone or ipod.”

“Social media causes people to be more connected to each other.” Agree or Disagree? “Social media causes people to be more connected to each other.”

“There should be more laws addressing online behaviour.” Agree or Disagree? “There should be more laws addressing online behaviour.”

“The world would be a better place without social media.” Agree or Disagree? “The world would be a better place without social media.”

“Most parents have no idea what their kids are posting online.” Agree or Disagree? “Most parents have no idea what their kids are posting online.”