Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Social Media
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...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Clay Shirky: How Social Media Can Make History
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]
BBC
Bbc: Social Media: How Do Other Governments Regulate It?
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)
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Review Claims About Social Media
Review claims made in "Teens: This Is How Social Media Affects Your Brain."
Utah Education Network
Uen: Cyber Bullying: What to Do
Learn what cyber-bullying is, the consequences of it, and how to handle a cyber-bullying situation effectively.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Whats App
In this tutorial, learn how to navigate the social media app that lets you send texts and make calls without using data.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Facebook
Learn how to create, use, and maintain a Facebook page, including understanding the social media site's privacy policies and settings.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Curated Lives
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...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Protecting Online Reputations
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...
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Sharenting
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,...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain
Ninth graders read three informational texts to understand how social media affects the teen brain
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Online Identity" by Common Lit Staff
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...
Other
Brainspire: What Are the Effects of Technology on Human Interaction?
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....
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Who's Looking at Your Digital Footprint?
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...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Haptography: Digitizing Our Sense of Touch
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...
Other
Wiki
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...
Other
Videotron: Vigilance on the Net (French)
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Videoconferencing
Learn how video conferencing has grown from the 1900s prediction.
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: A for Action
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Frontline: Generation Like: What Are Teens Doing Online?
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...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Social Bookmarking
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...
Childnet
Childnet: Facebook: Privacy Checks and Third Party Apps
Practical steps to take to ensure your Facebook account is safe.
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