La autoestima y los efectos de los medios y la tecnología en el cerebro

This class is meant to help kids understand self-esteem, ways to feel good about themselves, how to make healthy choices with their screen/technology time, and what is happening in the brain when they use too much technology. I start off explaining what self-esteem is and what high and low self-esteem mean, along with some examples. Then, I talk about the benefits of self-esteem. Next, I talk about screen/technology time and dopamine in the brain and what it does to the amygdala and pre-frontal cortex in the brain when we have too much technology. Then, we talk about how culture, social media, and magazines can affect our self-esteem. I show two pictures of fully clothed models with words around them like "943 ways to look pretty" and "How to looked ripped in 5 minutes." We discuss these pictures and how they are not an accurate depiction of realty. We also talk about how seeing things like this can affect our self-esteem. To end the class, we talk about 9 simple ways to boost our self-esteem. The course encourages interaction between the students and the teacher, including practicing the techniques and tips and discussing how things might affect self-esteem. My slides use visual based learning techniques to help the kids remember what we are learning. I encourage students to practice outside of their class and teach their families what they learned.