Keeping Games Fun and Friendly

Which example below shows positive social interaction?

• A parent and daughter argue by phone messaging about cleaning her room.

• Two students post messages back and forth disagreeing about which type of dog is the best.

• One person compliments another on a photo that person has posted.

Which of the following is an example of a place you might find negative social interactions?

• An online game

• A social media site

• Both online game and social media site

What is one way that you can avoid negative social interaction online?

• Block someone who is sending mean or negative messages.

• Only go online during the day.

• Become a "griefer."

Decide whether the interactions below involve digital media.

• Sending a text message

• Commenting on a video

• Chatting with someone in a video game

• Passing a note in class.

Andrea is playing an online video game with other people she knows. In the last round of the game, a new player she doesn't know joins the game. The new player starts posting mean comments about Andrea's character in the chat box. What should Andrea do?

• Ignore the mean messages.

• Never play the game again.

• Send a private message to the player.

• Report or block the player from the chat.

You're playing an online video game with a few friends. One of them makes a move that forces all of you to start the level over again. You are irritated. What could you say to keep things friendly and positive?

• I can't believe you made that terrible move. What's wrong with you?

• That was hard! Don't worry; we'll beat it next time!

• Are you kidding me? We have to start from the beginning ... AGAIN!

Passing a note in class is

• digital media.

• not digital media.

Sending a text message is

• digital media

• not digital media

Commenting on a video is

• digital media

• not digital media

Chatting with someone in a video game is

• digital media

• not digital media