Media use in school age childrenFederico Cataldo Section 13

Media use in school age childrenIntroduction

• The Information Age has led many young students to high levels of inactivity by increasing the availability of computers and Internet Access

• Highlight the importance of Physical Education for Health and Integrity

Media use in school age childrenIntroduction

• To give emphasize to the importance of connection between Body and Mind

• Improve healthy eating habits• Demonstrate consequences of poor

eating habits such as obesity in early age

Media use in school age childrenHealth and Physical Education expectation

• participate on a regular basis in physical activities that maintain or improve physical fitness (e.g., power walking, hiking);

Media use in school age childrenHealth and Physical Education expectation

• reduce long sitting hours in front of computer and television

• relate healthy eating practices and active living to body image and self-esteem

Media use in school age childrenMathematical expectation

• systematically collect, organize, and analyze data;

• collect and organize data on a variety of graphs

• explore with technology to find the best presentation of data

Media use in school age childrenHealthy eating

number of times per week students eat healthy food: vegetables

Age groupSex0%

years 11Males17%

years 1316%

years 1520%

years 11Females

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years 1315%

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Sex Age group

Males 11 years

Males 13 years

Males 15 years

Females 11 years

Females 13 years

Females 15 years

Media use in school age childrenHealthy eating

Number of times per week students consume soft drinks

Age groupSex0%

years 11Males17%

years 1316%

years 1520%

years 11Females

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years 1315%

years 1517%

Sex Age group

Males 11 years

Males 13 years

Males 15 years

Females 11 years

Females 13 years

Females 15 years

Media use in school age childrenHouseholds with Internet Connection

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Sex Age group Period of theweekMales 11 years Weekdays

Males 11 years Weekend

Males 13 years Weekdays

Males 13 years Weekend

Males 15 years Weekdays

Males 15 years Weekend

Females 11 years Weekdays

Females 11 years Weekend

Females 13 years Weekdays

Females 13 years Weekend

Females 15 years Weekdays

Females 15 years Weekend

Media use in school age children How the information will inform my teaching

• In the age of Information Technology, everyone has access to internet and other technologies such as televisions, play stations, and DVD players and it is important to educate students on maintaining a healthy lifestyle of regular exercise and healthy eating. We decided to target our presentation to students in the age of 11 to 15 years old

• Another aspect we focused on is the time of the year. The autumn would be the best time for the introduction of this topic as the temperature drops and students tend to avoid outdoor activities during this time.

• We focus particularly on the negative aspects of media use, because students tend to prefer the media to a healthier physical activity. Maintaining a correct physical activity is useful at any age.

• This topic is important to the students/school/community because it will help to enrich our lives by emphasizing the importance of physical exercise and healthy eating

Media use in school age childrenMy experience creating an interdisciplinary

activity• I think that this assignment has been very

useful for me, because we do not only have something we can focus and base on for students in the age of 11 and 15, but we have also experience in creating an assignment that is cross curricular.

• If from one point of view I had familiarity and I enjoy working with Microsoft Power Point, that I think is a useful tool in our hand to teach, I was introduced for my first time to Statistic Canada.

• Overall I was positively impressed by this assignment and I think it was a great idea, because it has helped me discovering several and interesting tools that I will definitely use in my future classes.

Questions Related to Graph• Why do you think 13 year-olds are

the biggest age group to use television and internet?

• Why do you think there is a difference between the eating habits of 13-year-old boys and 13-year-old girls?

• Is there an increase in physical activity of students during weekend hours? If yes, why?