Description:
This educational resource explores problematic smartphone use, addressing its connection to other forms of digital overuse, such as social media or internet addiction. Through interactive and reflective activities, participants will analyze the consequences of excessive mobile device use in daily life, considering its impact on personal relationships, mental and physical health. Additionally, the resource encourages recognizing situations where phone use may be inappropriate and reflecting on strategies to promote a more balanced and healthy use of technology.
Goals:
- Identify the characteristics of problematic smartphone use and its relation to other forms of digital media overuse.
- Differentiate between approaches that consider problematic smartphone use as an addiction and those that question this terminology.
- Analyze the consequences of excessive smartphone use in daily life, including its impact on personal relationships, mental and physical health.
- Recognize situations where mobile phone use may be socially or physically inappropriate.
- Reflect on strategies for a more balanced and healthy use of mobile devices.
Level: Tramo 8 (2do. y 3er. año de la EMS)
Subject: English.
Date of creation: December 2022.
Revised: February 2025
Format: L.O. created in eXeLearning (www.exelearning.org).
Author: Agustín Grattarola & Gabriela Barboza
Recurso creado en el marco de la Creatón 2024 para la generación de "Recursos Educativos Abiertos junto a Docentes y Estudiantes del CFE", Ceibal y Consejo de Formación en Educación (CFE) de la ANEP.
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