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.
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- 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 13: November 17-23
Use apps to your advantage. Download and use an app that supports mental health, sleep, or focus.
It seems like there is an app for everything, and there is no argument, some can stress us out while others can help us be our best selves! You can use various apps to listen to music, podcasts, audiobooks, while you do productive activities such as, working out, cleaning living areas, or doing schoolwork. You can also delete useless apps and download ones that will support your mental health. Here are some resources to help you explore and practice the benefits of this week’s challenge.
Free mental health resources for all VT students:
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