{"id":163,"date":"2025-03-13T20:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/chapter\/divided-time\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T20:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:07:33","slug":"divided-time","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/chapter\/divided-time\/","title":{"raw":"Divided Time","rendered":"Divided Time"},"content":{"raw":"\nDistribute the handout Balance Your Time<\/span><\/a> and have students write down or draw pictures representing their entire Active, Learning and Screen time activities for the last week. <\/span>\n\nCirculate and prompt them with suggestions of things they might include in each category.<\/span>\n\n \n
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When students have completed the handout, give some examples of activities that might fit in more than one category, such as:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n

\n\n \n\ngoing for a nature hike (Active\/Learning)<\/span>\nwatching an educational TV show (Learning\/Screen)<\/span>\ndancing while watching a music video (Active\/Screen)<\/span>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n\nHave students go back to the handout and see if any of the activities they wrote down can fit in more than one category.<\/span>\n\nNext, ask students to look over the handout and see whether they have at least as many Active and Learning time activities as Screen time activities. <\/span>\n\nAsk students if they have ever done a similar exercise, in class or elsewhere. If so, ask them to reflect on what has changed since the last time they did.<\/span>\n\nNow have them write (using a different colour of pen or coloured pencil) or draw activities that they could do and would enjoy doing that would help to balance their lives.<\/span>\n","rendered":"

Circulate and prompt them with suggestions of things they might include in each category.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When students have completed the handout, give some examples of activities that might fit in more than one category, such as:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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going for a nature hike (Active\/Learning)<\/span>
\nwatching an educational TV show (Learning\/Screen)<\/span>
\ndancing while watching a music video (Active\/Screen)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Have students go back to the handout and see if any of the activities they wrote down can fit in more than one category.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, ask students to look over the handout and see whether they have at least as many Active and Learning time activities as Screen time activities. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ask students if they have ever done a similar exercise, in class or elsewhere. If so, ask them to reflect on what has changed since the last time they did.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Distribute the handout Balance Your Time<\/span><\/a> and have students write down or draw pictures representing their entire Active, Learning and Screen time activities for the last week. <\/span><\/p>\n