Digital Life 102

What is the place of digital media in our lives?

Define: digital media

digital media: electronic devices and media platforms such as computers, cell phones, video, the internet, and video games that allow users to create, communicate, and interact with one another or with the device or application itself.

Quiz

Which answers surprised you the most?

Which answers reflect your own digital media use?

Which answers are way off - base compared to your own digital media use?

My Media Life Similes

simile: a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two different things using the word like or as.

Reflect on the following questions:

How big a role do digital media (Internet, texting, video games) play in your life?
- - a little, some, a lot?

What are your favorite and least favorite things to do with digital media?

Do you connect with others or create things with digital media?

What are the positive and not-so-positive aspects of having digital media in your life?

Complete your own simile:

My media life is like a _________, because ___________.

My media life is as __________ as a _________ because __________.

Examples:

• My media life is like a window onto the world, because it allows me to see all kinds of new things and imagine other possibilities.

Examples:

• My media life is like a party where I meet lots of different people, because it feels loud, out of control, and yet fun.

Examples:

• My media life is as tempting as junk food, because I don't always know when to say no.

My media life is like a _________, because ___________.

My media life is as __________ as a _________ because __________.

Define: digital citizenship

digital citizenship: navigating the digital world safely, responsibly, and ethically.

Video

What are some of the positives and negatives of digital life, according to the teens in the film?

What about in your own life? Positives and negatives?

What are some of the upsides (positives) and downsides (negatives) of digital media for relationships?

What are some of the benefits (and problems) of digital media for our country as a whole?

Wrap Up!

On your index card, answer:

• How did the statistics in the quiz compare with the way you use digital media in your own life?
• Which digital media do you think you use the most and the least - and why?
• What did your simile indicate about the role digital media plays in your life?