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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Anti Social Networks? We're Just as Cliquey Online" by Laura Sydell

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Anti-social Networks? We're Just as Cliquey Online" by Laura Sydell, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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Learn My Way

Learn My Way: Socializing Online

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online course, students will learn all about different social networks such as Twitter, Pinterest and Google+ and how to stay in control of your information and stay safe.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Curated Lives

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Haptography: Digitizing Our Sense of Touch

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

The Literature Network: Upton Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical details on Upton Sinclair, noted American muckraker, social activist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize winning author who wrote The Jungle (1906).