Read time: 3 min | Author: Natalia Diaz Fajardo
You pick up your phone to check one thing. Twenty minutes later, you’re still scrolling through content you didn’t even plan to see. We’ve all been there.
This isn’t about willpower, it’s about understanding digital wellbeing and learning to live well with technology in a world where it’s woven into everything we do.
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Digital Wellbeing in 60 Seconds — How IMTLazarus Helps Students Stay in Control
The New Reality: It’s All Just Life Now
For today’s students, there’s no longer a clear line between “online” and “offline.”
A student video calls friends while collaborating on a shared document, then switches to YouTube for a tutorial. They’re creating art digitally, building community online, and learning through a seamless blend of physical and digital tools.
This isn’t distraction, it’s simply how life unfolds now. Recognizing this fusion is the first step to understanding how to guide and support young people through it.
What Is Digital Wellbeing, Really?
Digital wellbeing is the practice of using technology with intention. It’s not about screen time limits or blanket restrictions, it’s about awareness. It means ensuring that our devices remain tools that serve our goals, not the other way around.
When we approach technology this way, it becomes something we shape, not something that shapes us.
Three Habits for Conscious Balance
Building healthy digital habits means developing three core practices.
At IMTLazarus, we’ve designed tools that help teachers and parents guide students toward these habits every day.
1. Go Deep
Focus matters. When students close distractions and concentrate on what’s important, they learn deeper and create better work.
How we help:
Teachers can limit distracting apps during focused work time through the IMTLazarus classroom management system.
Parents can use IMTHome to set screen time boundaries during homework hours, creating the structure students need to go deep.
2. Unplug Regularly
Minds need space to process, imagine, and recharge…away from screens.
How we help:
Parents can schedule device downtime with IMTHome, ensuring evenings, mealtimes, or weekends include genuine breaks from screens.
These aren’t punishments, they’re protected spaces for connection and rest.
3. Enjoy—With Purpose
There’s a profound difference between purposeful engagement and autopilot scrolling.
How we help:
Teachers can launch specific apps to all devices and lock students into approved content, keeping everyone aligned with the learning goal.
Parents can create custom YouTube filters and monitor what kids engage with, not to spy, but to guide meaningful conversations about responsible tech use.
Building Digital Wellbeing Together
Digital wellbeing flourishes when schools and families work in partnership.
- In the classroom:
IMTLazarus gives teachers real-time control over student devices: managing filters, launching apps, and locking screens during instruction.
This flexibility creates calm, focused learning environments where technology supports education instead of distracting from it. - At home:
IMTHome extends this same support beyond school hours.
Parents can set screen limits, schedule downtime, and stay connected to their children’s digital lives through one intuitive dashboard.
If managing your own screen use feels hard (and it does for most of us), imagine navigating it for the first time. IMTHome helps parents walk alongside their children, building positive tech habits while they’re still forming.
Students at the Center
Through both tools, students develop digital self-awareness.
They experience what focused work feels like, learn the difference between purposeful use and mindless scrolling, and gradually take ownership of their digital wellbeing.
Small, consistent actions from teachers, families, and students compound over time, creating a culture where balance feels natural, not forced.
The Ultimate Goal: Humans in Control
At its heart, digital wellbeing comes down to one powerful idea: technology should serve people, not the other way around.
At IMTLazarus, we’ve built tools that turn this vision into reality, helping schools and families foster digital responsibility through guidance, not restriction.
Because the future isn’t just digital.
It’s deeply, profoundly human.
💡 Try this today:
Choose one moment in your classroom or home. Before devices come out, pause and ask:
“What do we actually want technology to help us accomplish right now?”
Ready to Bring Digital Wellbeing to Your School?
Empower your teachers, students, and families to build healthier digital habits with IMTLazarus.
Book a free demo today and see how our platform helps technology serve learning.
