{"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":"2026-07-03T12:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:37:28","slug":"divided-time","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/chapter\/divided-time\/","title":{"raw":"Screen Time","rendered":"Screen Time"},"content":{"raw":"Now ask students how many of them watch videos on YouTube Kids, Netflix, or a similar app.\r\n\r\nAsk those students: What happens when you get to the end of a video?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Another video starts playing.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nTell students that this is called [pb_glossary id=\"234\"]autoplay[\/pb_glossary].\r\n\r\nAsk students if they have ever watched a video because of autoplay. 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(So that you will watch them for longer.)\r\n\r\nHave students think of different ways that apps, games and devices make you use them longer.\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Prompting questions:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nAre there ways besides Autoplay that apps, games or devices make it hard to turn them off?\r\n\r\nDo characters in games or apps sometimes get sad if you want to quit?\r\n\r\nDo you sometimes get reminders from apps or games if you haven't played or watched in a while?\r\n\r\nDo some apps or games promise you something new, or something special, if you come back soon or play a little longer?\r\n\r\nDo some apps or games make you feel bad if you haven't played them in a while?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>Now ask students how many of them watch videos on YouTube Kids, Netflix, or a similar app.<\/p>\n<p>Ask those students: What happens when you get to the end of a video?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Another video starts playing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tell students that this is called <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_163_234\">autoplay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ask students if they have ever watched a video because of autoplay. 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