7_My Social Media Life

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My Social
Media Life

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP | GRADE 7

Show teens using phones, but not
talking

Use pause and think illustration,
thought bubbles

Poll

How does social media affect our relationships? Choose One

• It doesn't affect relationships at all.

• It makes relationships better.

• It harms relationships

• It can be both good and bad for relationships.

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Identify the role of social media in students' lives.

Reflect on the positive and negative effects social media use has on their relationships.

Recognize "red flag feelings" when using social media
and use the Feelings & Options thinking routine to
consider ways to handle them.

Learning Objectives

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Word Cloud

What percentage of people in this class do you think are on
social media, like Instagram, Snapchat, or something similar?

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KEY VOCABULARY

Social media

Websites and applications that enable users
to create and share content or to participate in social networking.

Categorize

Options (10)

1. Facebook

1. Instagram

TikTok

1. Snapchat

Pinterest

YouTube

Zoom

Google Browser

1. Wikipedia

1. Microsoft Office 365

Organize these options into the right categories

Social Media

NOT Social Media

Word Cloud

What do you think is the main Social Media site for teens?

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OBSERVE + ANALYZE IMAGE

Image: Common Sense Media, 2018. Social Media, Social Life infographic.

Open Ended

Did the statistic about Snapchat being the main social media site surprises you? EXPLAIN, why or why not?

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Multiple Choice

What did teens say were some benefits of social media?

• Connecting with friends

• Trying to get the most likes

• Feeling FOMO

Multiple Choice

What did they identify as problems or drawbacks of social media?

• Feeling lonely

• Increased happiness

• Healthy communication

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KEY VOCABULARY

Oversharing

Sharing personal feelings, information, or
experiences that later make the sharer feel uncomfortable or regretful

Remember
this!

Open Ended

Write about a time when you experienced oversharing - either by you or someone you know?

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KEY VOCABULARY

Phubbing

Short for phone snubbing—occurs when one person is being ignored because the other person is on their phone.

Remember
this!

Open Ended

Have you experienced phubbing? If so, what happened and how did it make you feel? If not, how do you think this would make you feel?

Match

Oversharing or Phubbing?

• Sarah shared her vacation plans and flight details on a public social media post.

• Ally tells everyone in school about her big fight with her best friend over text..

• Lily exposed her social security number in an unsecured online survey.

• You’re at Billy’s birthday party and instead of playing games with everyone, Billy is just staring at his phone, checking Instagram.

• You’re trying to talk to Jenny about your science project, but she keeps looking at her phone to reply to her texts.

Oversharing

Oversharing

Oversharing

Phubbing

Phubbing

• Oversharing

• Oversharing

• Oversharing

• Phubbing

• Phubbing

Poll

Posting on social media
allows me to connect with people who
have the same interests I do.

• Yes

• No

• Not sure

Poll

If you're having a bad day, social media
makes it worse. You scroll through
and see how great everyone else's
life seems. It's depressing. 

• Yes

• No

• Not sure

Poll

Building real relationships
with people is much easier
face-to-face. Those relationships
are stronger and last longer. 

• Yes

• No

• Not sure

Poll

Social media isn't really about
connecting with other people;
it's just about showing off who you
want people to think you are.

• Yes

• No

• Not sure

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KEY VOCABULARY

Red flag feeling

When something happens on digital media that makes you feel uncomfortable, worried, sad, or anxious

Remember
this!

Drag and Drop

Red flag feeling makes you feel ​ ​

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, or ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

uncomfortable

happy

excited

worried

sad

anxious

joyful

​The next few slides are about a real life situation and your job is to write about how YOU would deal with the situation.

I will be grading on effort or your response and if your writing reflects what you have learned.

​

​What If...

Open Ended

Situation: For months, Aida and her three closest friends had been waiting for a new movie to come out. The movie was based on one of their favorite books, and they promised they would see it all together and then go out for pizza. On the movie's opening weekend, Aida had a last-minute emergency and wasn't able to go. The others decided to go anyway because they had really been looking forward to it. That night they posted constantly about their fun and new inside jokes. Aida wanted to keep connected, but seeing the constant posts bummed her out. She felt like no one even cared that she had missed out on their plans.

Identify: Who are the different people involved in the scenario? What dilemma or challenge are they facing? 

Open Ended

Situation: For months, Aida and her three closest friends had been waiting for a new movie to come out. The movie was based on one of their favorite books, and they promised they would see it all together and then go out for pizza. On the movie's opening weekend, Aida had a last-minute emergency and wasn't able to go. The others decided to go anyway because they had really been looking forward to it. That night they posted constantly about their fun and new inside jokes. Aida wanted to keep connected, but seeing the constant posts bummed her out. She felt like no one even cared that she had missed out on their plans.

Feel: What do you think each person in the dilemma is feeling? Why might the situation be hard or challenging for each of them?

Open Ended

Situation: For months, Aida and her three closest friends had been waiting for a new movie to come out. The movie was based on one of their favorite books, and they promised they would see it all together and then go out for pizza. On the movie's opening weekend, Aida had a last-minute emergency and wasn't able to go. The others decided to go anyway because they had really been looking forward to it. That night they posted constantly about their fun and new inside jokes. Aida wanted to keep connected, but seeing the constant posts bummed her out. She felt like no one even cared that she had missed out on their plans.

Imagine: Imagine how the situation could be handled. Come up with as many ideas as possible: There's no one "right" answer! Then, highlight which option might lead to the most positive outcome, where most people feel good or taken care of.

Open Ended

Situation: For months, Aida and her three closest friends had been waiting for a new movie to come out. The movie was based on one of their favorite books, and they promised they would see it all together and then go out for pizza. On the movie's opening weekend, Aida had a last-minute emergency and wasn't able to go. The others decided to go anyway because they had really been looking forward to it. That night they posted constantly about their fun and new inside jokes. Aida wanted to keep connected, but seeing the constant posts bummed her out. She felt like no one even cared that she had missed out on their plans.

Complicate the situation: What if it was a regular sleepover rather than a movie outing? Should the friends reschedule, or stick with their plans without Aida?

Open Ended

Situation: For months, Aida and her three closest friends had been waiting for a new movie to come out. The movie was based on one of their favorite books, and they promised they would see it all together and then go out for pizza. On the movie's opening weekend, Aida had a last-minute emergency and wasn't able to go. The others decided to go anyway because they had really been looking forward to it. That night they posted constantly about their fun and new inside jokes. Aida wanted to keep connected, but seeing the constant posts bummed her out. She felt like no one even cared that she had missed out on their plans.

Complicate the situation: What if the friends posted comments and captions on their pics saying that they were sorry Aida was not with them? (For example: @Aida wish you were here)

Open Ended

Situation: For months, Aida and her three closest friends had been waiting for a new movie to come out. The movie was based on one of their favorite books, and they promised they would see it all together and then go out for pizza. On the movie's opening weekend, Aida had a last-minute emergency and wasn't able to go. The others decided to go anyway because they had really been looking forward to it. That night they posted constantly about their fun and new inside jokes. Aida wanted to keep connected, but seeing the constant posts bummed her out. She felt like no one even cared that she had missed out on their plans.

Complicate the situation: Does it make a difference why Aida couldn't attend? (What if Aida's emergency was that her mom was in the hospital? What if it was that she had been grounded for sneaking out of her house?)

Open Ended

Write two things you learned about how social media can
affect your relationships.

Open Ended

Write one strategy (action) you can use moving forward to get the
best out of social media.

​Ups and Downs of Social Media

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Print your quiz and reflection!

Write your name on it and put in black box

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