Learning Scenario Description | |
Title | Coping skills for IT use |
Creator | JYU |
Length | 45 minutes |
Main idea/description | Learning to cope with stressful experiences that relate to students’ use of devices, games etc. |
Target group | 12-15 years olds |
Curriculum/learning subjects | health sciences / IT |
Competencies | The students will learn about how to cope with emotions that might arise while using technology. The students learn that different individuals might find different situations stressful. |
Teachers’ wellness competences | TC2. E-self-management |
Learning Scenario Framework | |
Pedagogical method | PI5. Learning resilience (Learn to cope and become resilient) |
Software/materials | Zoom and break-out rooms can be used for delivering this session in an online mode. The teacher needs to be able to show the students a presentation and make it possible for the students to interact in groups. Mind mapping software can be used at the end of the sessions to create the golden rules for coping with IT. It is important that the students and the teachers are familiar with the systems used, or that they are very simple and require little effort for the students to learn. |
Evaluation tools | The teacher can monitor the discussions between students by visiting the groups. The teacher can also provide supportive questions, if the students have difficulty discussing their experiences. |
Learning Scenario Implementation | |
Learning activities (description, duration, worksheets) | This learning scenario helps students identify strategies that they can use to cope with technostress. At the beginning of the 45 minute session, the teacher introduces to class the concept of technostress/how adolescents can cope with feelings of stress that relate to IT use. (5-10 minutes) After this, the students are placed into groups of 3-5 people. The students are expected to discuss: (15 minutes) 1) When can IT use be bothersome? 2) How can you know? 3) What strategies have you used to cope with different situations (and can you come up with strategies that have not been mentioned by the teacher)? 4) What kind of advice would you give to a friend that is overwhelmed by the amount of notifications arriving to their phone? At the end of the session, the teacher and the students create the golden rules for coping with IT. Each group should contribute by adding 2-3 points that they found especially important. Once all of the input is gathered on the same document, the teacher and students work together to synthesize the content and write the key points into a simplified list. (20 minutes) Attachment 1 – Coping with technostress How to address technostress experiences? (1/2) What is the most appropriate course of action? How to address technostress experiences? (2/2) |