lesson 1: living live!. screens include: computer videogames tv movies dvds cell phones ipods
Post on 19-Dec-2015
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7 hours and 40 minutes per day!Over 53 hours per week!
Rideout, V.J., et al. (2010). Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds (A Kaiser Family Foundation Study)
Children, ages 8-18, spend more time in front of the computer, TV, and game screen than any other activity in their lives, besides sleeping!
Less school-time than screen-time??
School-Time
~7 hours/dayx 5 days/week 35 hours
Screen-Time
~7.67 hours/dayx 7 days/week 53.7 hours<
Healthy uses of screens
• Doing homework on the computer
• Learning about new places
• Educational games
• Nature channel
• Learning to type
Unhealthy uses of screens• Forgetting to do homework
• “Vegging out” for hours
• Staying up too late
• Ignoring friends and family
• Watch a scary movie have bad dreams
What’s a Verb?
• An action – something you DO!• An activity (not sitting in front of a screen)
–Physical activity–Hobby–Game
Drawing Your Favorite Screen-free Activities
If I watched less TV, I could do more…
Draw your 3 favorite screen-free activities!
Goal Setting Activity
Tonight/this week, I will (do this screen-free activity) instead of (watching this type of screen).
Fill in the blanks!