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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Social Media

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how social media impacts our use of technology.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Group Chat

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the growth and evolution of the group chat.
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Article
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Social Media

For Students 9th - 10th
Social media are apps and websites where you can connect and share content with friends. On these services you are often able to share and view a whole range of media such as video, photos, music and chat. Popular social media services...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Clay Shirky: How Social Media Can Make History

For Students 9th - 10th
Clay Shirky shows how social media services such as Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, thus changing the nature of politics. [15:49]
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Social Media: How Do Other Governments Regulate It?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article highlights some of the actions being taken in countries around the world, as well as by companies like Google and Facebook, to address issues around harmful content being posted to social media. (Updated February 2019)
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Review Claims About Social Media

For Students 9th Standards
Review claims made in "Teens: This Is How Social Media Affects Your Brain."
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Cyber Bullying: What to Do

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learn what cyber-bullying is, the consequences of it, and how to handle a cyber-bullying situation effectively.
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Unit Plan
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Whats App

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, learn how to navigate the social media app that lets you send texts and make calls without using data.
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Unit Plan
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Facebook

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to create, use, and maintain a Facebook page, including understanding the social media site's privacy policies and settings.
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Curated Lives

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Social media gives us a chance to choose how we present ourselves to the world. We can snap and share a pic in the moment or carefully stage photos and select only the ones we think are best. When students reflect on these choices, they...
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Protecting Online Reputations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Tagging friends on social media is a great way to connect with others and capture memorable experiences. But what if they don't want to be tagged? Encourage your students to take responsibility for how they may affect the digital...
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Article
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Sharenting

For Students 9th - 10th
Sharenting is when a parent or care-giving uses the internet to share news, images, videos, and information about their child. It mostly takes place on social media and in some cases on blogging sites. This site features questions,...
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders read three informational texts to understand how social media affects the teen brain
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Online Identity" by Common Lit Staff

For Students 7th - 9th
The Internet has heavily shaped our notion of identity. On the Internet, people can create a multitude of personas, some of which can be created with false information. As you read, take notes on the ways in which people express their...
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Article
Other

Brainspire: What Are the Effects of Technology on Human Interaction?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines the positive and negative ways that technology impacts human interactions and relationships within families and with the wider world, as well as the implications the over-use of technology has on the growing child....
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Who's Looking at Your Digital Footprint?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Our digital footprints can have a powerful impact on our future. This can be a scary thought, given that what's in our digital footprint isn't always in our control. Teach students that digital footprints are an opportunity to showcase...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Haptography: Digitizing Our Sense of Touch

For Students 9th - 10th
Is it possible to incorporate the sense of touch into the digital world? Katherine Kuchenbecker shares her work in the field of haptics, while discussing its potential to change fields such as gaming, museums, dentistry and stroke...
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Website
Other

Wiki

For Students 9th - 10th
Doing a project that involves the whole class or more than one class can get cumbersome when trying to keep track of all of the data collected or ideas shared. By using Wiki educators, cooperative learning groups, and anyone else can...
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Website
Other

Videotron: Vigilance on the Net (French)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internet has its share of perils. You can help your kids stay safe online and steer clear of the dark alleys of the Internet by setting clear and concise rules and maintaining a frank and open dialogue about their activities and...
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Videoconferencing

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how video conferencing has grown from the 1900s prediction.
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Professional Doc
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: A for Action

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This section has been developed to help generate discussion about positive actions and strategies young people can take to ensure they thrive online. Download A for Action Toolkit resources.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Frontline: Generation Like: What Are Teens Doing Online?

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine facts and figures on how teens use the Internet in this infographic from FRONTLINE: Generation Like. Ninety-five percent of teens use the Internet. The infographic details which forms of technology they use to access the...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Social Bookmarking

For Students 9th - 10th
This article introduces the reader to the concept of social bookmarking which organizes sites generally by the use of tags. Social bookmarking sites are an increasingly popular way to locate, classify, rank, and share Internet resources...
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Article
Childnet

Childnet: Facebook: Privacy Checks and Third Party Apps

For Students 9th - 10th
Practical steps to take to ensure your Facebook account is safe.

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