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What is Instagram?
Whether it's famous dogs or stunning stars, Instagram has everyone snapping and sharing! An informative video from an extensive digital citizenship library introduces the app and its many options. The narrator shows how easy it is to...
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What Is Kik Messenger?
The message is clear—Kik Messenger is a hit with teens! Why is the app so popular? Viewers kick around the details during a short video from a digital citizenship series. The resource describes how Kik works, its customizable features,...
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What Is Musical.ly?
Scholars with a song in their hearts love the Musical.ly app! How do they use it safely? Discover best practices for budding song artists using a short digital citizenship video from an extensive playlist. The narrator explains the...
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What is Periscope?
Ever wonder what the world looks like through someone else's eyes? Welcome to Periscope! A brief video from a digital citizenship series discusses the inner workings of the app, from locating content to setting up privacy settings.
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What is Steam?
Play games, connect with friends ... Steam is a teen's dream! Scholars learn more about the popular Steam social gaming website through a digital citizenship video. The resource reviews the site's features and benefits, including great...
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What Is Sarahah?
The Sarahah app may be free, but is it a good idea for teens? Learners listen as the narrator describes the Sarahah app in a video from an extensive digital citizenship series. The app, which accompanies Snapchat, allows users to send...
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What Is tbh?
Take an honest look at an honesty app! Social media scholars examine the features of an app that's full of questions. The video, from a series of digital citizenship resources, gives viewers a closer look at the app's content and privacy...
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What Is Live.ly?
Being a social media superstar is pretty attractive to teens. How does Live.ly help them achieve the dream? A short digital citizenship video from an extensive playlist reviews the popular app and describes its advantages and disadvantages.
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What is Messenger Kids?
Time for some kid-friendly social media! Is Messenger Kids really a fool-proof app? Young techies learn the ins and outs of a popular app using a video. Part of a large digital citizenship series, the resource highlights the features of...
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What is Snapchat?
Sharing photos with your friends is a snap with Snapchat! Introduce pupils to a popular social media app with a short video from an extensive digital citizenship series. The resource covers Snapchat's features and privacy settings.
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What Is Digital Citizenship?
Spark scholars' interest in becoming a super digital citizen with a brief, yet informative video that details what digital citizenship is and why it's important.
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Common Sense Media: Education: Introduction to the Samr Model
Provides a good overview of the SAMR Model and how technology can be integrated with it. [4:18]
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Common Sense Media: 5 Simple Steps to a Healthy Media Diet
Managing a family's device use can be challenging. Learn five simple steps to a healthy media diet for parents and kids. [0:55]
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Common Sense Media: Parents Talk About Their Young Children's Media Use
Four parents talk candidly about their young kids' use of media and technology and how it is impacting their lives, from their concerns around inappropriate exposure to their hope for educational opportunities. [3:23]
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Common Sense Media: Saying Goodbye to Technology: Pause! Breathe! Finish Up!
In this video, students learn to pause, breathe, and finish up whenever they have to say goodbye to technology. Includes Spanish version and a link to related lesson materials. [0:54]
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Common Sense Media: Digital Footprint
Think carefully before posting and sharing! This video is all about the digital footprint we all leave behind online. [1:07]
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Common Sense Media: What's in Your Digital Footprint?
Students learn to think carefully before posting and sharing in this video from Common Sense Media about the Digital Footprint we leave behind online.
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Common Sense Media: Teen Voices: Oversharing and Your Digital Footprint
Many middle schoolers are already posting and sharing information about themselves- and others- on social media. But in a world where oversharing might seem like the norm, it's important for kids to think about their digital footprints....
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Common Sense Media: Oversharing: Think Before You Post
Made in collaboration with our partner Flocabulary, the experts in educational hip-hop, this animated music video raps about the hazards of oversharing online and emphasizes a thoughtful approach to digital footprints. Tweens, teens, and...
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Common Sense Media: Digital Life 101
See how we consume, create, and share digital media. [1 min, 33 sec]
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Common Sense Media: Teen Voices: Presenting Yourself Online
In this video your students can hear other teens talk about the ins and outs of presenting themselves to others online, and consider what it means to be yourself in digital spaces. [2:58]
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Common Sense Media: A Day in the Life: Your Privacy Matters
Today, 91% of 8- to 18-year-olds have a smartphone in the home. This gives kids access to new opportunities, but it also means that their favorite devices, apps, and websites can collect information about them constantly. Take steps to...
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Common Sense Media: Privacy Student Intro Video: The Digital Footprint
Students learn that they have a digital footprint and that they need to think critically about what information they put online. [1:57]