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Lesson 1 Online Friends
Lesson 1 Online Friends
1. Questions to Consider
What do you share about yourselves online?
Have you ever chatted, emailed, video conferenced or worked in a forum with someone you don't know in real life?
What do you think should not be shared online? Why is that?
2. Watch the following Video: Jigsaw Assembly
Do you think something like this could happen in real life?
If you felt threatened by someone online or feel you have shared too much, what options do you have?
Lesson 2-Cyberbullying
Lesson 2-Cyberbullying
1. Question to Consider
Has anyone ever been unkind to you online?
2. Watch the following video: Don't Believe Everything You Hear Online.
3. Sometimes people do things online that they would never do in person.
Why might that be? Is it right?
What is a good rule to follow for online behaviour?
Lesson 3-Gaming
Lesson 3-Gaming
1. Questions to Consider
How many of you play online games?
How many of those games are massive multi-player games that let you play against or with other people?
What kind of language do you use and what sorts of things do you say when you are communicating in-game?
Do you ever overreact?
2. Watch the following video: Attitude Overdrive
3. Questions to Discuss:
Who can identify with what happened in this video?
What choices do you have when gaming online?
What are some guidelines you could offer to online gamers?
Lesson 4-Smart Phones
Lesson 4-Smart Phones
1. Questions to Consider
How many texts do you send a day? How many do you receive?
What information do you text to each other?
Are you or is anyone you know a textaholic?
What other activities do you do on your smart phones
Are there other activities that you enjoy doing that you may not be doing because you are texting either on the computer or phone?
3. Reflect on the data below. Can you relate to it? Do a Google Classroom class poll.
How do the numbers compare with the data below?
This data is from several years ago. Might it have increased or decreased in the years since it was first published? Why or why not?
Discuss!
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U.S. teens daily smartphone engagement 2022
U.S. teens daily smartphone engagement 2022
Published by Laura Ceci, Nov 3, 2023
According to a survey conducted among teens and preteens in the United States, approximately 16 percent of teens and preteens used their smartphones between three and four hours daily as of November 2022. Around 15 percent of respondents reported using their mobile devices between four and five hours daily, while nine percent reported engaging with their devices for more than 10 hours per day.
Average daily time spent on smartphones among teenagers in the United States as of November 2022
Average daily time spent on smartphones among teenagers in the United States as of November 2022
Did you know?
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Lesson 5
Lesson 5
Time to show what you know.
Practice being Internet Awesome by playing Explore Interland.
(Computers are required for this activity.)
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