How the three sessions work
Every activity is built into the slides, so the only planning is deciding when sessions two and three fall. There’s nothing to buy or gather. The worksheets and certificates below are only needed if your form would rather write on paper.
Understanding screen time
- The research on how screen time affects the brain, self-control, concentration and sleep, each with its own citation.
- Activity 1: students reflect honestly on their current screen habits, there and then.
- An introduction to the Screen Time Tracker and the two awards.
- Activity 2: each student makes a personal plan to cut down their screen time, making one realistic change at a time.
Midway through the term
- A one-slide recap of the research, for anyone who needs reminding.
- Activity 3: a midpoint reflection, where students look back at their reflection and plan from session one.
- A reminder halfway through the term about the two awards, which are revealed once the tracker closes for the term.
Wrapping up the term
- Activity 4: a final reflection on the whole term, where students compare their first estimate with their last.
- The two awards are revealed directly from the Screen Time Tracker.
- Award certificates ready to print and hand out on the spot.
The tracker and its awards
The Screen Time Tracker is a single spreadsheet with one row per student, which you update each week across the term. It totals and ranks each student automatically, and shows how their screen time is changing as the weeks go on.
Before your first session
- Read through the slides, so you can field questions on the research
- Add your form’s names to the tracker
- Decide roughly when sessions two and three will fall, so the tracker has time to build up first
- Print the worksheets and certificates, only if your form prefers paper
A look inside
Get the full project
Everything for all three sessions, ready to download and edit for your own form.
The project slides
All three sessions in one deck: the research, all four activities, the tracker introduction and the awards reveal.
Download ExcelScreen Time Tracker
One row per student, with totals, ranks and trend worked out automatically all term.
Download Printable PDFPrintable worksheets
All four reflective activities as paper worksheets, for forms who’d rather write than type.
Download Printable PDFAward certificates
Two printable certificates, one for each award, ready to fill in and hand out at the end of term.
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