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Start-Up Activity
Share this statistic with your students: The average student spends 1,000 hours a year in school and about 2,000 hours per year looking at screens. Ask for reactions to these figures.
Note that even if students don't realize it, they receive a ton of information from viewing television, movies, and online videos. Visual information shapes the way they think about the world and how they interact with the people in it.
Have students log their screen time for one week, charting time in front of computers, TVs, and phones (see download). When the week is over, have students write a journal entry or blog post reflecting on the results.
Think About It
“There are plenty of skills playing video games. It’s more interactive than watching TV, because there are problems to solve.”
—Shaun White
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Start-Up Activity
Share this statistic with your students: The average student spends 1,000 hours a year in school and about 2,000 hours per year looking at screens. Ask for reactions to these figures.
Note that even if students don't realize it, they receive a ton of information from viewing television, movies, and online videos. Visual information shapes the way they think about the world and how they interact with the people in it.
Have students log their screen time for one week, charting time in front of computers, TVs, and phones (see download). When the week is over, have students write a journal entry or blog post reflecting on the results.
Think About It
“There are plenty of skills playing video games. It’s more interactive than watching TV, because there are problems to solve.”
—Shaun White
