Digital Well-being
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At Virginia Tech, we want our students to experience digital flourishing. Digital well-being occurs on a spectrum and flourishing is when we use our devices in a way that maximizes the positives and minimizes the negatives. In other words, we are benefiting from all the great things that technology has to offer. Devices supplement and add to our lives but do not take away from us reaching our full potential.
The Digital Wellness Institute has developed a tool to help people understand the 8 dimensions of digital well-being and assess a person's individual device use strengths and areas of improvement.
Get Started
- Discover personal areas of digital flourishing and challenges – take the Digital Flourishing survey!
- Find Alternatives to scrolling and commit to doing them.
Weekly Well-being Challenges
Challenge 3: September 8-14
Start a gratitude photo album on your phone and turn to it when you feel stressed (instead of scrolling).
Take the moments you want to remember and put them in their own album as an easy reminder of the incredible things you have in your life. Here are some resources to help you explore and practice the benefits of this week’s challenge.
Living life with more gratitude can lead to a happier life.
- Giving thanks can make you happier - Harvard Health
- How to Practice Gratitude - Mindful
- Try taking photos with a disposable camera or rent a real one from the VT Library.
Digitally Well Lab
- September 11, 4-4:30 p.m., McComas 143
- Register to attend the Digitally Well Lab this week to learn about and practice the challenge, and share your ideas about how we can foster digital well-being at Virginia Tech. All attendees will be entered to win the weekly raffle.
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