Internet Addiction

Communication Skills Term 1

Starter• In pairs discuss

– What information leaflets you would see in a doctors waiting room?

– What do these leaflets have in common?

Objectives & Outcomes

In this lesson we are learning to

• Use desktop publishing software

• Investigate Internet Addiction

• Use our Independent Enquirer Skills

• Use our Creative Thinker skills

By the end of this lesson you will have

• Designed and begun to create a patient information leaflet about Internet Addiction

Your assessment• You are going to make a leaflet

to be put in to doctors waiting rooms

• Your leaflet will be aimed at patients who might be addicted to the Internet

• It should include information about what is Internet Addiction, What are the symptoms and what to do if you are addicted.

Task 1• Use the planning

sheet to map out where you will put things in your leaflet

• Label the colours and fonts you will use

Title NHS Logo

Picture of someone surfing the Internet

Pg No

List of what is in this leaflet

Task 2• Pass your sheet to someone else in the

class and get them to write– Good things about your work– Not so good about your work

Plenary• Based on what your reviewer

has written

– Write down what you will change about your design

Homework• Collect appropriate,

relevant images for your leaflet

• If you get your images from the Internet make sure you make a note of where you got them from