My Pledge to Unplug-- Part 3 of Unplug: The Digital Diet Plan
A Learning Activity is a strategy a teacher chooses to actively
engage students in learning a concept or skill using a digital tool/resource.
Phase:
After/Explain/Elaborate
Activity:
Introduce students to the digital tool, "Five Steps to a Balanced Diet," by projecting the website or printing the information for students. The teacher can read the text, the students can read it independently, or the students can read it with a partner or small group.
Next, students will write a personal pledge and plan to improve their digital diet, as well as provide their reasoning for wanting to improve their digital diet. This pledge and plan can be written on paper or on the computer, and it should include the following information:
Consequence(s) that have been experienced as a result of a poor digital diet.
Example: When I spend too much time on my phone, I communicate with "real life" friends and family less, resulting in poor relationships. This can make me feel isolated from others.
Personal pledge: Write a personal goal to improve your digital diet.
Example: When I am around my friends and family, I will put my phone down and focus on communicating with them in real life.
Plan for a balanced diet: List specific strategies that will help you achieve the goal in your pledge.
Digital Detox: When will you complete your detox phase? For how long? How will you tell your friends/family about this plan?
Face Down and Face Forward: When will you put this practice into action? At family dinner? When hanging out with your friends?
Time Limit: What time limit will you put into place on your digital device? How long? Which device? What apps? Are there some apps that you find yourself using more than others that you need to limit for your digital health?
Initiate Face to Face Conversations: When will you initiate a face-to-face conversation with someone? How will this action improve your relationships with others?
The 30 Minute Rule: How will you put this rule into place? Is there somewhere you can put your phone 30 minutes before you go to bed where you will not be tempted to look at it?
3. After students write their personal pledge and plan they should present it to their classmates.
Assessment Strategies:
The teacher can assess student mastery of the speaking and listening standards by using this rubric from ReadWriteThink.
In addition, the teacher should review each student's written response to ensure mastery of the content standards.
The teacher will need to determine if the final written product will be completed with paper/pencil or using word processing software on the computer. The teacher should gather appropriate materials.
If the teacher chooses to use the rubric from ReadWriteThink it should be shared with the students prior to their presentations.
This activity also correlates to the following Career Tech Standards:
Foundations of Business Leadership
4. Identify barriers to and methods for improving the communication process in the corporate world.
STEM Technologies I
6. Identify positive and negative ways the use of technology affects humans.
21. Engage in positive, safe, legal, and ethical behaviors when using technology, including during social interactions online and when using networked devices.
Business Skills Development
14. Identify the potential hazards that misusing social media and other technology may have on one’s future plans.
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