1. iHealth Curriculum Healthy Tech Choices: Avoiding Addiction, Part 1

2. Key Concepts Aspects of online life can be addictive Addiction changes a person Your life is better without addiction

3. What kinds of online addictions have you seen? Pornography Compulsive surfing—esp. social media (texting, Facebook, YouTube) Gaming Gambling Online shopping

4. “What kind of cigarette do you smoke, doctor?” See a real life cigarette commercial from 50 years ago. Fight the New Drug™: http://vimeo.com/29493005http://vimeo.com/29493005

5. Addiction Hurts: Test Yourself Do I hide the behavior? Am I secretive about it? Am I building a tolerance to the activity? Do I need more and more to have the same sensation? Is this affecting other areas of my life? Has my school work or sleep suffered? Do I need the activity to relax or improve my mood? Have my relationships suffered? What long term effects could this have on my physical, emotional, mental, social well being?

6. 4 Ways Addicts Are Affected Physically Mentally Emotionally Socially Because addiction impacts the judgment center of the brain, addicts may not recognize that they are impaired.

7. Quick Response to Bad Stuff on Screen Turn off the screen/close the lid (laptop). Don’t try to exit. Tell an adult.

8. Violent Images and Aggression Pornography and violent images change your brain. Elementary students: kids who play more violent video games become:  more verbally aggressive  more physically aggressive  less helpful to others. (Anderson, Douglas, Buckley, 2007)

9. Keep Current: Gaming

10. Share What You Learn Poster Video Presentation Choose one: Bumper Sticker

11. Fighter Facts Video Competition Show contest intro video: http://www.fightthenewdrug.org/Blog/Blog-Detail/Matts-Story/ http://www.fightthenewdrug.org/Blog/Blog-Detail/Matts-Story/ Prizes: iPod Touch FTND Sweatshirt FTND Belt Buckle