Digital Health and Welfare

Introduction

Your best-friend in school, Stacy has been comparing herself to the lifestyle of the Kardashian’s and dancehall artiste Shenseea. Stacy is 14 years of age and becomes sad about not being able to visit every restaurant she wants and not being able to wear the latest trends of clothing and shoes. Due to this, Stacy has become depressed, she wakes every until about 3:45am everyday texting you because she is having mental breakdown because Stacy is not rich and she only gets 55 likes on the pictures she posts. 

Task

Create a podcast on YouTube entailing 1. The harm caused physically and mentally by depriving yourself of sleep to be on the internet while you should be sleeping, 2. The negative effects of comparing your lifestyle to what you see online and 3. The do’s and don’t while using the internet so that users would not be victims of negative effects of internet usage. 

Process

Step 1. Engage with the materials below: 

https://www.morningcoach.com/blog/comparing-yourself-to-others 

https://youtu.be/ffbur3in1Jc

Step 2. Use YouTube as your platform to create and upload your podcast with 3 videos, each targeting the different aspect stated above.

Step 3. Send your YouTube link to the teacher via email.

 

Conclusion

You have completed the webquest, now you know and understand the importance of using the internet for positivity, the effects the internet can have on those who use it negatively and the importance of taking breaks from using the internet.