GRADE 9: MY DIGITAL LIFE IS LIKE ...

NAME: Matthew Dizon

My Digital Habits
DATE: 10/21/20

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 reddit while I get ready to wake up 

 Attending the school conferences 
 Doing homework if there’s any 
 Watching youtube (depends on if I can or want to) / (sad if I spend too much time)
 Playing games (depends on if I can or want to) / (sad if I spend too much time)
 Reading manga (depends on if I can or want to) / (sad if I spend too much time)
 Watching anime (depends on if I can or want to)/ (sad if I spend too much time)
 Watching youtube/browsing reddit wile I eat 
 Talking with friends on discord 

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.

what I do changes depending on the

My digital life is like a War plan because situation

My digital life is like a weather because It can be predicted but always changes

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My Digital Habits
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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?

A habit I’d like to do differently is stop watching youtube or browsing reddit while I eat. It’s
important because I could use this time to interact with my mom when she eats too.

Challenge

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!)

I’ll try to not do this habit today, something else that I can do is just eat or talk with my mom.

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

My Digital Habits
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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?

Something that I can do is to put my iPad away from me or put my pc on sleep mode.

Reflection

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

I don’t think I learned anything new since I already knew that we should have a balance, but it did help me
think about what I can do since teacher discussed it.

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