For this activity, I had a class of students track their online time for a week. After tracking how much time they spent on a device over the course of a week, we had discussions about time limits and why those might be good to set for yourself or work with your parents to set up. We gave examples of things we might miss if we spend all of our time on devices. I had them track video, games, TV, and “other” online activities.
I think this was a good starting point to at least make kids aware of how much time they spend online. I have these conversations with my kids at home all the time since I use family settings on both their iPhones and on Xbox so I can track how much time they have spent using either or both of those devices in a given day or week. I can set time limits if they can't handle tracking their own amount of time. These would be good things to share with parents throughout a longer period so they can start seeing patterns that their kids are engaging in when it comes to technology use. Since we can't give parents access to limit their kids ability to use devices via restrictions, we can hopefully share more resources about how they can limit their kids overall use in other ways, such as limiting access to devices and things of that nature.
I think this was a good starting point to at least make kids aware of how much time they spend online. I have these conversations with my kids at home all the time since I use family settings on both their iPhones and on Xbox so I can track how much time they have spent using either or both of those devices in a given day or week. I can set time limits if they can't handle tracking their own amount of time. These would be good things to share with parents throughout a longer period so they can start seeing patterns that their kids are engaging in when it comes to technology use. Since we can't give parents access to limit their kids ability to use devices via restrictions, we can hopefully share more resources about how they can limit their kids overall use in other ways, such as limiting access to devices and things of that nature.