Media Log Sample Entries (below) Blank media log pages follow!
NOTE: When deciding where to post an activity, focus on what you’re using it for.
AUDIO/VIDEO/TEXT COMMUNICATION (phone, Skype, IM, texting – tally texts, sending AND receiving, then multiply x 15 seconds per text/60)
Date
9/2
Time Span
9:30-11 p.m.
Total Time
1:30 m.
Specifics
Talking to parents; texting friends 77 texts = 19 min
What else?
Computer: checking e-mail; TV
COMPUTING (email, research/browsing/reading on Web, homework/work-work, watching short videos, etc. – on any device)
9/2
8-9:30 a.m.
1:30 m.
Classwork: Microsoft Word; Websites; checking e-mail
Eating breakfast; yelevision on
TV & VIDEO (watching television shows, DVDs, recorded shows, Netflix, etc. – on any device)
9/2
Noon-1 p.m.
1:00 m.
The Ellen Degeneres Show
Eating lunch; Computer: checking e-mail; Cell
phone: talking to friend; cleaning
MUSIC (listening to music or podcasts STORED ON YOUR DEVICE)
9/2
6-6:10 p.m.
10 m.
Listening to iPod
Walking to class
PRINT (books, magazines, newspapers – anything on paper)
9/2
9:50-10 a.m.
10 m.
Reading textbook for class
Driving to work
GAMING (Wii, Xbox, PlayStation, any game on your computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.)
9/2
8-9:30 p.m.
1:30 m.
Candy Crush
Nothing. Have you played this game??
SOCIAL MEDIA (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Snapchat, Vine, etc., across all platforms and devices)
9/2
3:30-4 p.m.
30 m.
Posting to Instagram; reading Snapchat stories; FB
Driving to work
RADIO (on the dial, digital, Pandora, Spotify, Beats, etc. – in the cloud or over the waves, i.e., NOT STORED ON YOUR DEVICE)
9/2
9:35-9:50 a.m.
15 m.
Listening to NSPR
Driving to work
AUDIO/VIDEO/TEXT COMMUNICATION (Phone, Skype, IM, texting. Tally texts, sending AND receiving,
then multiply x 15 seconds per text / 60 = minutes. For example: 77 texts x 15 seconds = 1,155 seconds / 60 = 19 minutes)
Date
Time
Span
TOTAL COMMUNICATION
Total
Time
Specifics
in minutes
What else?
COMPUTING (email, research/browsing/reading on Web, homework/work-work, watching short videos, etc. – on any device)
Date
Time
Span
TOTAL COMPUTER
Total
Time
Specifics
in minutes
What else?
TV & VIDEO (watching television shows, DVDs, recorded shows, Netflix, etc. on any device)
Date
Time
Span
TOTAL VIDEO / TV
Total
Time
Specifics
in minutes
What else?
MUSIC (listening to music or podcasts ON YOUR DEVICE)
Date
Time
Span
TOTAL MUSIC
Total
Time
Specifics
in minutes
What else?
PRINT (books, magazines, newspapers – anything on paper)
Date
Time
Span
TOTAL PRINT
Total
Time
Specifics
in minutes
What else?
GAMING (Wii, Xbox, PlayStation, any game on computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.)
Date
Time
Span
TOTAL GAMING
Total
Time
Specifics (i.e., what game?)
in minutes
What else?
SOCIAL MEDIA (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Snapchat, Vine, etc., across all platforms and devices)
Date
Time
Span
TOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA
Total
Time
Specifics (i.e., what game?)
in minutes
What else?
RADIO (on the dial, digital, Pandora, Spotify, Beats, etc. – in the cloud or over the waves, i.e., NOT STORED ON YOUR DEVICE)
Date
Time
Span
TOTAL RADIO
Total
Time
Specifics
in minutes
What else?