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Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities

How does using social media affect our digital footprints?

Grade

8

Time

50 mins.
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Social media can be a place to connect, learn, and, most of all, share. But how much do kids know about what they're sharing -- and not just about themselves but each other? Help students think critically about their digital footprints on social media.

Objectives:
  • Identify reasons for using social media and the challenges that often come along with it.

  • Reflect on the responsibilities they have that are related to digital footprints -- both their own and others' -- when they're using social media.

  • Identify ways to make the most of social media while still caring for the digital footprints of themselves and others.

Vocabulary Show definitions
digital footprint · oversharing

digital footprint – all of the information online about a person, either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally
oversharing – sharing personal feelings, information, or experiences that later make someone feel uncomfortable or regretful
STANDARDS
This lesson meets standards for  Common Core ELA,  ISTE,  CASEL, and  AASL .  See standards
Lesson video
Teen Voices: Oversharing and Your Digital Footprint
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STANDARDS
This lesson meets standards for  Common Core ELA,  ISTE,  CASEL, and  AASL .  See standards
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Key Standards Supported

Common Core ELA

L.8.1, L.8.3, L.8.6, SL.8.1, SL.8.1a, SL.8.1b, SL.8.1c, SL.8.1d, SL.8.2, SL.8.3, SL.8.6, W.8.10, W.8.4, W.8.9

ISTE

1d, 2a, 2b, 3c, 3d, 7b

CASEL

1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f

AASL

I.A.1, I.A.2, II.A.2, III.A.1, III.A.2, V.A.2, V.A.3, VI.A.2, II.B.1, II.B.2, III.B.1, III.B.2, IV.B.3, I.C.1, II.C.1, II.C.2, III.C.1, III.C.2, V.C.1, I.D.1, I.D.2, I.D.3, I.D.4, II.D.1, II.D.3, III.D.1, III.D.2, V.D.1, V.D.2, VI.D.1, VI.D.3

Lesson Plan

50 mins.

Warm Up: Views on Social Media

15 mins.

Discuss: Rings of Responsibility

30 mins.

Wrap Up: Takeaways

5 mins.

Additional Resources

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