Documentary Title: “Internet Addiction and Me” Producer: Eoin Corbett Year: 2014 Length: 21 minutes Rating: N/A Internet Addiction and Me Description and Reason for Choosing: This film is about a teenage boy named Eoin and his decision to give up the Internet for a month to see if he was as addicted to … Continue reading 8th Grade Internet Addiction: Media Resources
Fiction Book Title: “Unfriended” Author: Rachel Vail Date of Publication: September 1, 2015 Publisher: Puffin Books Description and Reason for Choosing: This book is about a middle school girl named Truly who wants to be a part of the popular group. When Truly tries to become a part of the popular group, her unpopular, revenge-seeking … Continue reading 8th Grade Internet Addiction: Literature Resources
Internet Source for Students: Interactive and Educational Site Name: NetAddiction “Internet Addiction Test (IAT)” Reason for Choosing this Site: First and foremost, NetAddiction was founded in 1995 by Dr. Kimberly Young who is a licensed psychologist. She also founded The Center for Internet Addiction and was the first to identify Internet Addiction. Her work was … Continue reading 8th Grade Internet Addiction: Internet Sources for Students, Teachers, and Parents
Wall-E Producer: The Walt Disney Company Released by: Pixar Length: 1hr 38min Year: 2008 Rating: Rated G Summary: Wall-E’s job is to clean up the polluted Earth as humanity waits in space aboard a spaceship called the Axiom. During this he meets Eve, a robot sent from the Axiom to check whether or not Earth is habitable yet. … Continue reading Wall-E: 5th Grade Popular Film
Internet Addiction and Me Producer: Eoin Corbett Released by: YouTube Length: 21min Year: 2014 Rating: N/A Summary: This is a short documentary about 4 people who went 1 week without the internet and 1 man who went 30 days without internet. It chronicles the dependence that our society has on the internet by having various professionals speak … Continue reading
Haley Peters, Catherine Yang, and Paige Hurst Internet Addiction for 5th graders When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Suzanne Collins, illustrated by Mike Lester Published 2005 by Puffin Books This is a great book for helping kids who have very strong attachments to their technology. In this story, Charlie McButton loves being on his … Continue reading Literature Resources for Internet Addiction
Students This is the best site for students because it is interactive, educational, and doesn’t require the use of the actual computer. This checklist has students list their internet usage from 0-5 and the total number at the end helps dictate how hhttps://wp.wwu.edu/h455/2017/11/09/media-resources-for-sexual-health-real-life-teens-documentary/ealthy they are being with the internet.This final score would be a personal number … Continue reading Internet Addiction Online Resources- 5th Grade