Here are some other online options for Health and Wellness for grade school students:
Here’s an excerpt from: (http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/uploads/GuideAct2.pdf, page 11)
7.13 – Guided Lesson Plan #13 Summary Description – How do you spend your time? Focus Question: Do students spend too much time using technologies? Additional Questions: 1. Where are students gaining information about the use of technologies? 2. How much do peers influence the use of certain technologies? Lesson Goals/Objectives: To illustrate how much time students use technology. Resources: Kaiser Family Foundation – Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year Olds - http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia030905pkg.cfm Apple – Education – Research http://www.apple.com/education/research/ Activity Description: 1. Create a questionnaire on students’ use of technology. Have it broken down by “at school” and “at home” or “other.” Make sure to list items like surfing the Internet, using an MP3 player, talking on a cell phone. Have students turn in anonymously for best results. Or have students keep a journal of technology use for one week. Have them be specific about what they were doing, what they were feeling, etc. 2. Compile the information gathered by students and see where they are using technology, more in school or away. 3. Ask students where they most learn about technology. Do they think about how they are using the technology with respect to others? Lesson Extension Ideas/Activities: Take the information gathered from the students and determine the kinds of technology they are using. Have students identify the technologies they might use more often if technology was used more widely in school. Teaching Tips: 1. Ask students to think about their technology use. Have them discuss about how the use of technology makes them feel. 2. Compare the results that are gathered in the classroom with national average (see Resources). Are these students following the national trends? Digital Health and Wellness: physical and psychological well-being in an digital technology world. See Chapter 2.8 for more information on Digital Health and Wellness (p. 28) NETS standards: NETS*T – Standard VI, A; NETS*S – Standard 2 (p. 193) 3. Provide help to students to look beyond the basic uses of technology. Urge them to think about all uses of technology (IM, blogging, MP3 players, etc.). 4. Reiterate that not all technology use is wrong (in and of itself) but how it is used and how often.
