Veronica Louise A.

Bautista

GRADE 9: MY DIGITAL LIFE IS LIKE ... NAME

My Digital Habits 10/21

/2020
DATE

Part 1: Check Your Habits

Respond to the prompts below to explore your digital media habits.
Check Your Habits

What are your current digital habits? (Keep in mind: Habits can be positive, negative, or both.
Brainstorm and list as many of your habits as you can.)

 Checking messenger after I get a glass of water in the morning or afternoon ☺️ 
 After lunch or breakfast, I sometimes go on Pinterest to take up a little bit of my time while I’m
waiting for a conference to start 😋 
 If I have enough free time, I’ll go and play on my switch since I know it takes up a lot of my time 🤩

 When I am waiting for something and it is taking a while, I usually open YouTube or Pinterest😙  
 Right after I open my pc, I wait for Spotify so I can listen to music while doing schoolwork😍  

Next, draw (or insert) an emoji next to each habit to show how it makes you feel.

Part 2: Digital Life Simile

Consider your habits in Part I. Then, complete the statement below to convey the role of digital media
in your life.

It is there when I am bored and it

My digital life is like a toy because entertains me

Bomb that can take because I can easily talk to others from around
My digital life is like a down any barrier the world from the comfort of my own

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Part 3: Personal Challenge

Considering your responses in Part 1 and 2, use the steps below to create a personal challenge.
Choose

Choose one digital habit you want to change or to try to do differently. Why is it important that you
change this habit?

One habit I’d want to change is my habit of opening messenger right as I wake up and use the
bathroom. Since I just woke up, I don’t want to expose my eyes to my gadgets since my eyes need to
rest a little bit more and that if I immediately look at my gadgets it can be harmful to my eyes. It also
helps my eyes get less blurry since I do not look at a screen.

Challenge

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Challenge yourself. Make a plan for how you would like to change your habit. Consider when you
will do something different and what you can do instead. (When we're trying to change a habit, it's
not enough just to say what we won't do. We also have to come up with something to do instead!)

What I can do instead is look outside, and just ponder with my thoughts instead of immediately
looking at my messenger. I should do this in the morning so that it would still be bright and peaceful
outside.

Boost

Boost your challenge. What are some ways you can give your new habit a "boost" and make it easier
to do? If you're trying to break a bad habit, what are some things you can do so that you don't slip
back into old ways?

I should try putting my phone outside my bedroom so that I don’t get tempted to use it.

Reflection

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Time to share. Say something about what you learned for today and how this discussion helped you.

What I learned from today is that, I use social media more than I thought I did. I always thought
social media was about messenger, Instagram, twitter, tik tok, basically public blogging sites. I didn’t
know any other thing on my electronics that requires internet was also part of social media. This
discussion really made me realize that I should cut down my social media hours since it can be a little
bit unhealthy.

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