Managing+Your+Digital+Time

 =Managing Your Digital Time = Time has a way of slipping through fingers when we get online or when we use a digital device. As the day "clicks" away, so do our moments in time. While digital tools are wonderful, there must be a balance between time in the digital world and time in the real world. The following clips are meant to get students to think about how much time they are "connected" and how much time they spend with real people.

Are you Hooked on Facebook?
Online social networking websites like Facebook and Myspace have soared in popularity but are some people spending too much time on these sites to the point of addiction? media type="custom" key="1057683"  http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4205062n 1. Are you hooked on Facebook or any digital device? 2. Have you ever been on line and all of a sudden realized that you have been online a loooooong time? What might you otherwise have been doing with your time? 3. Can you really maintain friendships with ALL of the people that you are connected with online? 4. Does social networking or do digital devices keep you from getting the work done that you need to do? 5. What did you learn from this video that could help you better manage your time with digital devices?  

Always OnLine
A look at the pros and cons of time using digital media. View this news clip from [|CBS News]. [|http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=1702789n 1. You heard several pros and cons for constant internet use. What are they? 2. Do you think that young people spend too much time on media devices? Why or why not?
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Friends - 24 hours
Always being connected to the computer sometimes doesn't give us time to see people in person. See what teens had to say about their time on technology in this clip from [|CBS News].  http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=1699088n 1. Does using digital media take away time from your family and friends? 2. How much time do you spend on technology each day? 3. What are pros and cons of access to your peers 24/7?
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Around the Clock Wired Teen
[|CBSNews.com] spent a day with Montclair High School senior Sam Asher at his home and at his internship at audible.com to see how technology is a part of his everyday life.  [|http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=1702883n] 1. Do you feel like you will get behind if you don't use/know about the latest technology? 2. Do you think that keeping up with the trends of technology will help you get a job in the future? 3. Do you think that using technology as a teenager will hurt your employment opportunities in the future (ie. will what you post on the internet now follow you as an adult)?
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 **Follow Up Activities:**
1. Keep a daily chart of technology usage for a week. You might make categories such as cell phone (calls or text), internet (school work, social networking, email), gaming, etc. Bring your list back to share with the group.

2. Make a chart of your group's digital use from the information in activity 1. Were you surprised at the amount of time you spend digitally? Discuss.

3. Keep a daily chart of time spent with face-to-face connections with family and friends for a week. Compare it to your technology chart. Do you spend more time connected with people in person or digitally? Is this good or bad?

4. Are you addicted to the internet? Take this online [|Internet Addiction Quiz].