From Screen Time to Digital Wellness: Building Purposeful, Balanced, and Monitored Classrooms

Managing screen time is only the beginning. This round table discussion explores how schools can foster true digital wellness through a comprehensive, student-centered approach grounded in digital citizenship and healthy technology habits. Discuss how to shift the focus from restriction to purposeful use aligned with learning goals, prioritizing student well-being while ensuring technology enhances instruction rather than distracting from it. Explore how to build shared language and consistent practices across classrooms, support teachers with practical strategies for modeling responsible use and engage students in developing reflective, accountable digital behaviors. Learn how monitoring tools can provide meaningful visibility into device use and engagement while keeping the focus on wellness. You will also gain guidance on building a cross-functional Digital Wellness Committee that reviews data, aligns practices and addresses screen time, artificial intelligence use and monitoring systems. Leave with a scalable framework, concrete examples and tools for creating safe, balanced and meaningful technology use for all students.